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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE COLLECTION OF
SILAS W. HOWLAND
RECEIVED BY BEQUEST NOVEMBER 8, 1938
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American
Chess Magazine
VOLUME I.
PUBLISHED BY
William Borsodi
NEW YORK:
i 897-1 898
Entered at tbe New York Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter.
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SILAS VV. HOWLAND
NOVEMBER 8, 1938
American Chess Magazine
VOLUME I.
INDEX.
GAMES.
GAMES— By Openings.
Alapin's Opening 311
Bishop* 8 Gambit 303
Bishop's Opening 305
Centre Gambit 304, 307
Centre-Counter Gambit 241, 363, 482, 484
Danish Opening 437
Dutch Defence 583
gutch Opening 44 50 U9 ^ ^
English Opening 374
Evans Gambit s.... 114, 243, 249, 487, 656
Evans Gambit Declined 244, 488
Falkbeer Gambit 119, 239
Palkbeer Counter Gambit 306
Four Knights Game 121, 240
French Defence.... 10, 117, 120, 177, 178, 180, 250, 302,
806, 306, 366, 370. 872, 438, 532, 679, 581, 682, 645,
646, 660, 654.
From's Gambit 439
GIuco Piano 54, 310, 372, 486, 534
Irregular Opening 118, 121, 247, 248, 533
King Bishop's Opening 123, 177, 238
Macdonnel Gambit 354
Petroff Defence 50, 51, 54, 206, 248, 481, 484
Philidor Defence 439
Pierce Gambit 49
P — Q. 4 Opening 353
Oueen's Gambit 246
Queen's Gambit Declined.... 40. 118. 179. 180. 181,
242. 311, 356, 3«4, 366, 368, 372, 432, 433, 435, 487,
576. 578. 584. 649. 652, 657.
Queen's Pawn Opening 43, 116. 117, 209, 362, 436,
439, 578. 583, 648. 650. 667.
Rice's Gambit 637, 637, 638
Ruy Lone*.... 4. 17, 39. 41. 42. 52. 53, 56. 84. 116, 178,
181, 184. 186. 206, 243. 299. 300, 307. 308. 30R, 309,
309, 310. 312. 358, 359, 360, 361, 362. 369. 375, 431.
432, 465. 4*6, 481, 483, 485, 533, 536. 536, 580, 646,
651, 653. 655.
Rnv Looez — Double 185. 371
Rootrh Gambit 122, 2*S. 24*. 48s?
Sicilian DefAnce 114, 183. 240, 312. 434. 4*5 435
Staunton's Opening 41, 183, 245. 245
Ft tef nits'* OamMt.
Two Knight? Defence 3*5. 367. 5*1
Ooenine 4M
Van Knig's Opening 4M
Vienna Orx»nin* 303. 3P<$
Zuckertort's Opening 184. 234. 466
GAMES— By Players.
((White first named).
Alapin— Burn 366
—Marco 311
Albin— Lichting 310
Allies— Pillsbury 119
Atkins— Hymes 679
Balrd— Locock 581
Bampton— Delmar 178
— Voigt 84
Barry— Caro 578
Bird— Lee 248
Blackburne— Conn 30?
— Janowsky 367
Blackburne and Chapman — Janowsky and
Aloof 536
Blackburne— Marco 306
— Tchigorin 302
Brooklyn— Worcester 234
Burn— Marco 364
— Schiffers 311
— Showalter 678
Cassarlni— Judd 486
Chadwick and Elwell— Marshall and Zirn 248
Chapman and Blackburne — Janowsky and
Aloof 535
Charousek— Alapin 365
—Caro 361
Charousek and Marco— Fahnd rich and Halprln 356
Charousek and Fahndrich— Halprln and Mar-
co 354. 356
Charousek and Fahndrich — Marco and
Schlechter 359
Charousek— SchifTer 312
— Suechting 299
—Tchigorin 368
City Chess Club— Newark Chess Club 183
Delmar— Koehler 439
— MoCutcheon i«o
De Vissef^-Bampton 238
De Visser and Richardson— Ettlinger and
Isaacson 123
Dobbell— Trenchard ll«
Elwell and Chadwick— Marshall and Zirn 24*
Enprllsch — Albin 300
Eschwesre. Miss— Watson, Miss 178
Escontria— Sterling 206
Ettlinger— Jasnogrodsky 438
Fagan. Signora— Thorold. Miss 177
Fahndrich and Marco— Charousek and Halprln 359
Fahndrich and Charousek — Marco and
Schlechter 356. 359
Fahndrich and Charousek— Halprln and Marco 354
Ferris— Volgt 373. 436
Finn. Miss— Lewis 4«6
Galbreath— Harding 656
Gunston — Jones 4*5
Gwyer— Walker 374! 375
Hanham — Rocamora 439
Helmes— Stone 243
Hilton— Colebatch 186
Hodges— Bellingham 5R0
— Kemeny 371
—Stuart 114
Hyde— Walden 657
Jackson — Saunders ?46
—Young 582
11
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Janowski— Walbrodt 369, 432, 435, 443
—Winawer 290
— Roething ...^ 117,118
Johnson— Nedemann . | 180
Jones— Howell 533
—Ward !!!!... 487
Jones and Gunston— Bellingham and Wllmot.. 465
Judd— Cassarlni 4gK
-Steinitz * 62
—Kaiser 532
Kemeny— Amateur ." .'437
„ , -De Visser .. 240
Koehler— Balrd " ' 534
T-h— ♦ TJasu°erodsky WWW!!! 482
Labatt— Moore, Jr 94ft
Lasker— Walbrodt .'.WW..'". gg
L'Echiquier du Nord— Cercle Phi'li'd or .'.'.' .'.'..'.'.' 488
LIpschutz— Napier 243
—Orchard WW "638
Llssner— Lloyd ' * JoJ
Living Pieces (White and Black).'. WW. WWW 121
MaguTre— Bampton 51
— Young: . . 485
M«ron «2* ShKr°,u?eJf~S'^nndricn and Haiprln 356
Marco and Fahndrich— Charousek and Halprin 353
drich ^W^hter-^harousek and Fahn-
MCarrco-Conn ' W.W.W.W '.'" 358, 25
Marshall— Napier ." ..' JS
McConnell— Buck .' 12
— Steinitz .'.'.WW.'.'. siio
McCutcheon— Phillips H
McKlmon— Narraway 370
Metger, Schlffers and Teichmann-Charousek,'
Marco and Suchting ' ono
Metger-Tchigorln ....'. 30*
Mieses-Caro ?S
Mills-Delmar .' iff
Morgan— Huch ...". 2U
-Shipley WW 11J
-Stuart S
Mundelle— O'Farrell S
Murdoch— Meyer ..'." 40J
—Southard W...W.W. .' Sf
Napier— Marshall aJJ
— Selover. Jr .WW... fe7
-Steinitz •• S?2
Narraway— L'Hommede '.'!'.' SJ
—Saunders W.'. a£
Newman— Hodges JJ2
O' Barren— Walker V. J»r' mr
Owen-Shatt .. ' 2£
Pennsylvania— New York '.' V£
Phillips-Morgan «.
Pillsbury— Bampton .WW W . .' 241
— Blackburne W.W.W.W. 576
—Kemeny W 179
—Lasker ^J
-Marshall WWW'; 118," 652,' 654
— Showalter 40. 42 645 646 649 fifin
Relchhelm-Jasnogrodskl . . .'. ' ' ' M9' ??2
Rice— Hanham g^r* JJJ
Richardson and De VisserWEttlYnger'and
Isaacson 193
Robinson— Jacobs WW W ." W Ksa
Rocamora— Delmar W.W.W.W.".'." 483
— Hanham .WW! 439
Roething-^Jasnogrodskl 117
—Koehler WW!" 54
Rome— Genoa 407
Rosenkranz— Tchigorih WWW m
Ryall— Helms ....! 245
§a{Jl£0,r aS? Tchigorin-Aiapin and' Schlffers. 249
Schiffers— Tschigorin 121 181
Schiffers, Metger and Telchmann-^Chafousek'
Marco and Suchtlng 309
Schlechter— Marco .WWW". 305
„ , —Tschigorin WW. 308 %2
dricht€T and Marc°-Cnarousek and'Fahn-
Schmidt-b'rchard' '.!".".' ".!!'.!!'.'. 358, ^
%*?*£?' ™?,sTDe ** V1^ne, Madame." .'!.'. WW .' 177
Shipley— Pillsbury 238
— Rhoades 404
Sho walter-^PiHsbury .... 39, 41,' «V 43," 646,' m, ' m,
Simonson— Morgan 10
Smyth— Phillips '. 244
Sournin— Marshall 247
Steinitz— Lipschutz 180, 242
—Napier 181
Sterling— Escontria 206
Strauss— Bodine
Stuart— Pillsbury 240
Siichting— Metger 310
Tschigorin— Janowski 308
—Marco $06
—Schiffers 120, 183
Tschigorin and Sabrouff— Alapln and Schiffers 24<*
Teed— Delmar 44
Teichmann— Alapln 303
Teichmann, Metger and Schiffers— Charousek,
Marco and Suchting 309
Trenchard— Galbreath 583
Voigt— Ferris 372
Walbrodt— Blackbu me 3ta
Winawer— Charousek 307
—Janowski 431, 432, 434, 4.TS
—Schlechter 309
— Slleehtlng 304
—Walbrodt 905
Worcester— Brooklyn 234
Yale— Harvard 17
Zinkl— Charousek 365
((Black first named).
Alapln— Charousek 365
—Teichmann 303
Alapln and Schiffers— Saburoff and Tschigorin 249
Albin— Englisch 300
Aloof and Janowski— Blackburne and Chap-
man 535
Amateur— Kemeny 437
Balrd— Koehler 534
Bampton— De Visser 238
— Maguire 51
—Pillsbury 241
Belllngham and Wllmot— Gunston and Jones. . 4«5
Bellingham— Hodges 580
6Blackburne— PillPburv S76
—Walbrodt 363
Bodine — Strauss
Brooklyn— Worcester 234
Buck— McConnell 533
Burn— Alapin 366
Caro— Barry 578
—Charousek 361
— Mieses 122
Cassarini^Judd 485
Cercle Philidor— L'Echiq uier du Nord 13S
Charousek and Halprin— Marco and Fahndrich 353
Charousek and Halprin— Marco and Schlech-
ter 360
Charousek, Marco and Suchting— Metger,
Schiffers and Teichmann... 309
Charousek— Winawer 307
—Zinkl 365
Cohn— Blackburne 302
Marco 307
Colebatch— Hilton 186
Delmar— Bampton 178
—Mills 5S1
—Rocamora 483
—Teed 44
De La Vigne, Madame— Sharpe, Miss 177
De Visser— Kemeny 240
Escontria— Sterling 206
Ettinger and Isaacson— Richardson and De
Visser i?3
Fahndrich and Halprin— Charousek and Marco 356
Fahndrich and Charousek— Marco and Schlech-
ter 358, 360
Ferris— Voigt 372
Galbreath— Trenchard W 583
Genoa— Rome 4^7
Halprin and Fahndrich— Charousek and Marco 33s
Halprin and Marco— Charousek and Fahndrich 354
Halprin and Charousek— Marco and Fahndrich 353
Hanham— Rice 637, 637
— Rocamora * 439
Harding— Galbreath '...." 65*
Harvard— Yale 17
Helms— Rvall 245
Hodges — Newman ..!..!......!!! 239
Howell — Jones WW".' .' 533
Huch— Morgan . . . 4S4
Hymes— Atkins .WW. 579
Isaacson and Ettlinger— Richardson" and be
Visser 47a
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
in
Janowsky and Aloof— Blackburne and Chap-
man H
Janowsky— Blackburne 3b7
— Tschigorin 308
— Walbrodt 431, 432, 434,435
JasnogTodsky— Ettlinger 438
— Koehler 482
— Reichhelm 116
—Roething 117
Judd— -Cassarini 486
Kaiser— Kemeny , 532
Kemeny— Hodges 371
— Plllsbury r<9
Koehler— Delmar 439
—Roething , 54
Lasker— Pillsbury 370
Lee— Bird 248
Lewis— Frlne, Miss 466
L'Hommede— Narraway 184
Lipschutz— Steinitz 180, 242
Locock— Balrd 581
Loyd— Lissner 184
Marco— Alapin 311
—Blackburne 306
—Burn 364
Lewis— Finn, Miss 466
Marco and Schlechter— Charousek and Fahn-
drieh 356, 359
Marco and Halprin— Charousek and Fahndrich 354
Marco— Schlechter 305
—Tschigorin 806
Marco, Charousek and Sttchtlng — MetgeT,
Schiffers and Teichmann 809
Marshall and Zirn— Elwell and Chadwick 248
Marshall— Napier 584
—Pillsbury 118
— Sournln 247
McCutcheon— Delmar 180
Metger— Siichting 310
Mej er— Murdoch «* 481
Moore, Jr.— Labatt 246
Morgan— Phillips 50
— Simonson 10
Napier— LipschUtz 243
—Marshall 436
—Steinitz 181
Narraway— McKinon 372
Newark Chess Club— City Chess Club 183
New York— Pennsylvania 185
O'Farrell— Mundelle 54
Orchard— LipschUtz 638
—Schmidt 49
Phillips— McCutcheon 53
—Smyth 244
Pillsbury— Allies 119
-Shipley 238
Showalter 39, 41, 41, 43, 646, 648, 650,
651, 653, 655
Rockmore— Hanham 439
Khoades— Shipley 484
Roething— Jasnogrodskl 117, 118
Siichting, Marco and Charousek — Metger,
Schiffers and Tiechmann 309
Saunders— Jackson 246
—Narraway ' 245
Schiffers— Burn 311
Charousek 312
Schiffers and Alapin— Saburo IT and Tschlgorin 249
Schiffers— Tschigorln 120 183
Schlechter— Wlnawer 309
Schlechter and Marco— Charousek and Fahnd-
rich 356, 359
Selover-Napier 657
Shatt— Owen 466
Shipley— Morgan 119
Showalter— Pillsbury, 40, 42. 578, 645, 646, 650,
Southard— Murdoch 1 431
Steinitz— Judd 52
— McConnell . 7 * ".*.' ...".." 250
—Napier 312
Sterling— Escontrla 206
Stone— Helms 243
Stuart— Hodges 114
—Morgan ".] 50
Suchtmg— Albin 310
—Charousek 299
—Winawer 304
Tschlgorin— Blackburne 302
—Charousek 368
—Metger 303
— Rosenkranz 114
—Schiffers 121, 181
—Schlechter 308, 362
Thorold, Miss— Fagan, Signora 177
Trenchard— Dobbell ug
Uedemann^Johnson ...'. 480
Volgt— Bampton 84
—Ferris 373, 463
Walbrodt— Winawer 305
—Lasker 56
w ,„ —Janowsky 369, 432, 433. 435
W alden— Heyde 657
Walker— Gweyer 374, 376
— O'Farrel 536
Ward— Jones 487
Watson— Efichwege '.'...'...'..'.'. 178
Winawer— Janowsky 299
Worcester— Brooklyn (corresp. game) 234
Wilmot and Bellingham— Gunston and Jones.. 465
Zirn and Marshall— Chadwick and Elwell 248
GAME ENDINGS.
(White first named.)
De Visser— Bampton 147
Delmar— Stuart ' ..' "l4G
Fietz— Mader 7.7777.77 376
Johnston — Hardy ' . 376
Held— Andrews ......'. 314
Hodges— Stuart ......... .7 139
Kaiser— Gibson .'. '. 314
Kemeny— Hanham .... 147
Labone— M. B. C. C 7.77777' m
McCutcheon— Gibson '314
McCutcheon— Hodges '. .7.7 146
Napier— Steinitz *. 150
Plowman— Jones * 5
Sutton— Dr. Grumble .'.".'.". 314
Shipley— Pillsbury \".\ ?J1
Shafroth— Parnell "m. 5
Vane— Mills .'. v?c
Wilson— Handy 7..77. 777777; 5
(Black first named.)
Andrews— Held «14
Bampton— De Visser V." ". 147
Grumble, Dr. Sutton '.'.' .'}"■ ofj
Gibson— McCutcheon nl
-Kaiser '.". £j
Handy— Wilson ili
Hodges— McCutcheon ". 14c
Hanham— Kemeny . {47
Hardy— Johnston ^
Jones— Plowman '.'.'.... '.'.'. ?
Lipscliuetz— Napier * 15JJ
?!•,?• CiC'-^abone '.'...7.7.7.' '.'.'.'.'.'. 376
Madc-r-Fietz ^
Miles— \ane 07/.
Parnell-Shaf roth .... . . :;.7;.7;"';"" 5
Pillsbury-Shipley 14£
Steinitz— Napier '. ..7..7.V.7'" 150
Stuart — Hodges .' ['[' 13$
—Delmar .'.'." ."!"."."!".' 146
IV
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Two Moves.
Balrd, Mrs. J. W
Cheney, G. N
Carpenter, George E 63,
Fitch, Charles L 190, 494,
Gilberg, Charles A
Gold, S 1271 128, 255, 379,
Gansser, A. H.127, 190. 379 380.
Graham, Dr. J. H 190,
Hoffmann, Emll 63, 128,
Joseph, S. M
Kerekes, Louis
Loyd, S 63,
Lllliestrale
Landmark, C. E 190, 318,
Ladd, I. H 255,
Lissner, M 190, 255,
Lemon, Courtney 542,
Laws. B. G
Meredith, W
Pradlgnat, E
Pulitzer, Walter, 63, 127, 255,
318, 542,
Rosenf eld L
Spencer, George B
Shinkman, W. A 63,
Teed, F. M 318, 494, 542, 589,
Thompson, R. G
Tracy, John F
Windle, Lee 38, 64,
WUrzburg, Otto 689,
White, Alain C, 64, 127, 265,
879, 445,
Three Moves.
Abranyi, Zoltan
Broholm, J. A
Baird. Mrs. W. J
Bennecke, H
Burnett, A. I
Cheney, G. N 643,
Carpenter, George E
Cass, Alvin C
Cook. Eugene B 519,
Dossenbach, Ad
Dal ton, Dr. W. R. I
Engberg, E. W 377,
Eichstaedt, H
Fitch, Charles L 188,
Finlayson, W
Gansser, A. H 126,
Grauer, Alex
Gold. Dr. S 188,
Hein, L
Hollway, F. A 493, 587,
Hoffman, Emil 62, 64,
Jentz. Dr. O. F 189, 378,
Kaiser. I
Kerekes, Louis 379, 587
Ladd, H. T 378
380 Loyd, S 125
643 L* Massena, C. E 541, 588, 661
64 Liberal!, G 188
589 Lilliestrale, C. B 493
128 Llndmark, C. E 188, 641, 588
494 Lissner & Gold
662 126, 128, 191, 379, 541
494 Lemon, Courtney 493
190 Meredith, W 253
494 Monrad, R 688
380 Nemo, M. Feigland
542 Noltenlus, Chas. E 660
542 Nicholson, Frank 62
662 Obermann, Jolis 317
318 Pulitzer, Wal ter 64, 493, 661
662 Peipers, Fritz 253
589* Pedersen, C 317
380 Robbins, A. H 62
318 Rosenfeld, L 189, 641
318 Tracy, John F 669
Shinkman, W. A... 62, 378, 688, 661
649 Sorko, Dr. F 264
255 Steiner, Lieut. S 253
580 Vetesnek, L
127 Wltherle, C. B 661
6G2 Wheeler, C. H 189, 253
380 WUrtzberg, Otto., 62, 126, 128,
568 189, 263, 878, 493, 541, 688
494 White, Alain C 64,188,378, 687
662 Windle, Lee 879, 493
662 Four Moves.
Burnett, A. 1 262
Bayer, Conrad 191
Cheney, G. N 644
254 Carpenter, Geo. E 491, 640
688 Cook, Eugene 519
317 Dufty, P. T 316
128 Gold, Dr. S 125, 262
126 Gilberg, Chas. A 124
644 Hollway, F. A 640
587 Herlin, Theodor 191
317 Jesperson, Rev. 1 586
120 Keel, Joseph 660
253 Llndmark, C. E 377
188 L'Hermet, R 316
587 Meredith, W 191
254 Noltenius, Chas. E 491
661 Popisel, J 660
317 Peipers, Fritz 377
587 Robbins, A. H 61
126 Shinkman, W. A
254 61. 124, 125, 191, 492
378 Spencer, Geo. B 660
661 Steiner, Lieut. S 540
191 Von Duben 315
541 White, Alain C 540
189 Wttrtzberg, Otto 492
Five Moves.
Cook, Eugene 619
Gardner, John 315
Howard, K. S 660
Smith .- 316
Shinkman, W .A 61, 491
Six Moves.
Cook, Eugene 619
Noltenius, Chas. E 689
Challenge Problems.
Carpenter, George E 659
Shinkman & Hollway 539
Shinkman, W. A 686
LITREARY CHESS
PROBLEM 464
Sui-M&te Problems.
Bowsan, A. J 586
Blake, B. F.. 316
Cook, E. B 252, 377
Engberg. E. W 316
Fitch, Charles L 126, 492, 540
Hume, G aie
.Lemon, Courtney 659
Llndmark 316, 492
Lissner, M 187, 262. 377, 491
Ornes, F 315
Richardson. Phil % 61
Shinkman, W. A., 252. 442, 492,
639, 540
Thompson, W. H 650
Tracy, John F 569
WUrzberg, Otto 187
White 126, 252, 492
Miscellaneous Problems.
All for a move, Relchhelm 445
Captain Cook's Voyages,
Reichhelm 444
Cook, Eugene 519
Cheney, G. N ;. 644
Carpenter, George E 4-11
Fitch, Charles L 443
Hollway, F. A 443
Loyd, Sam 444
Queen's Tour, Loyd 444
Reichhelm, G...". 444
Rook's Tours, Loyd 444
Robbins, A. H 443
Shinkman, W. A 442
White. Alain C 445
WUrtzberg. Otto 443
MISCELLANEOUS
CHESS NEWS.
Chess in Arizona 414
" Brazil 624
•• Canada 22,104,624,473,633
" Cleveland 621
" Colorado 556
" Chicago 157,415
" Mexico 206
" Milwaukee 133
" " Omaha 93
" Philadelphia 84,617
" Rochester 635
" Texas 620
English University Chess 1 . 623
International University Chess 568
Chess by Telegraph 131
" Telephone 616
" " Long Distance Telephone 638
" Sans Voir, at Worcester 92
Competitions 94, 167
CHESS ASSOCIATIONS.
Brooklyn Chess League 333,640
Georgia State Ch. A 635
Minnesota State Ch. A 215, 515, 566
Nebraska State Ch. A 635
New Jersey State Ch. A 464, 515
New York State Ch. A 99. 224, 463, 514, 609
Pillsbury National Correspondence Ch. A 89
Pennsylvania State Ch. A 614
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
CLUB NEWS.
At the clubs.... 19, 67, 109, 172, 291. 845, 426, 475, 528,
574. 626, 634.
Brooklyn Chess Club 19, 271
City Chess Club 96
Cosmopolitan Chess Club 20
Lfuengenes Chess Club 87
London, Chess Club, City of 623
Metropolitan Chess Club 20
OriUla Chess Club 22
Powhattan Chess Club 20
Staten Island Chess dub 144
Tacoma Chess Club 19
TJrbana Chess Club 21
Washington (D. C.) Chess Club 19
Woman's Chess Club, of New York 14
HUMOR.
.Illustrations 21, 81, 112, 203
Chat from Murray Isle (Illustrated), by the Junior
Professor 153
Invention of an Expelled Club Member (111)..
She Knew His Mental Calibre (111) 106
ILL USTRA TIONS.
A Blindfold Chess Match 34
A Chess Match at the Court of Spain 102
A Game 26
A Game She Plays 78
An American Chess Congress— Administration.
Bid*., Omaha 614
Anglo-American Chess Challenge Trophy 522
An Unexpected Coup 79
A Queen of Chess 28, 29
At the Franklin Club 11
British Team of the Cable Chess Match, 1898. . 551
Chess in Summer 81
Cup Tournament 149
Early Chess Literature.... 201, 202, 262, 263, 324, 325,
326, 327, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 458, 469, 460.
461, 462.
First International Ladies' Chess Congress, Lon-
don, 1887 72
Group of Former Prominent Chess Players of
Philadelphia 600
Group of Players of the Inter-State Teams — 148
at Murray Isle 130
4 at the Cup Tournament, 1897. 151
" " " Intercollegiate Chess Teams
Standing (commencing at left of picture).
Jacobus, Southard, Dana, Murdock; Seat-
ed (in the same order), Meyer, Hewins,
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Manhattan Chess Club, the History of the — 498,
501, 503, 507, 509.
Midsummer Meeting of the N. Y. State Chess
Association. 1898 609, 610, 611, 612, 613
Murray Isle 6, 99, 101, 153
Officers of the Brooklyn Chess Club 270
Presidents of the Manhattan Chess Club 498
Players in the Annual Championship Tournament
of Western Canada 671
Philadelphia Athenaeum 600
Reproduction of the Will of Count Emergardus,
992 A. D 324
Reproduction of the Engrossed Score Card of the
match between Franklin and Manhattan
Chess Clubs 12, 230
Snap Shots from Thousand Islands 208
Steinitz at the Cosmopolitan 91
The Bishop of Noland 113
The Bryn-Mawr Chess Trophy 622
The Chess Board 159
The Match Between Plllsbury and Showalter. 35
The Staten Island Club 144
The Siaats-Zeitung Cup 98
The Winners of the Berlin International Tourna-
ment 259
The .Winners of the Staats-Zeitung Cup 100
Third Annual Team Match Between the Manhat-
tan, and Franklin Chess Clubs 10
United States Team, Cable Chess Match, 1898. 548
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.
Absorption in Chess 412
A Crafty Bishop Story— Ch. Fitch 82
A Class for Chess Study 468
A Ladies' Chess Club 7.77 284
American Chess Code 73
American Chess Journal * 280
An American Chess Congress 614
An Exploded Myth 92
An Historic Chess Club .77777 338
As a German Views It .7 282
A Proposed Defence to the Ruy Lopez. 7.7.".". 156
A Queen of Chess (Story) v vt
A Scientific Hint for Woman Players...;.!"" 196
A Study Lpon the French Defence ' 4ZQ
A Teacher on Che*s 41S
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Chess 5^C4°7^Pondence, 47, 103, m/'isV/ 296,* 351?
" Data ..'....'.....'..... 1cn
" Libraries 77. IS
" Nomenclature '...777. %Ta
Playing Commuters 7.7.7 iso
Players' Towns IS
with Living Pieces.
448
Continental Novelties ££
Criticism of Problems £f4
wf&ar .L.'.tf.ra!u.re.; '•■'»:*£«; m 457
Echoes of the Cable Match... '.'.'.'.".' ' ' S67, S?
Egyptian Inscriptions ." £2,
Ki™tiS?i rife/mzrs
From Over^Sea^. :. • * i* iae/ a* i* 34,7 $
Game with Living Pieces 414
Greater New York Championship. .'. '.'... 7 .77" 102
Her Problem (Walter Pulitzer)... 393
Hints to Beginners ^6
Hints to Solvers Editorials .77 :* 78
How Lydia Got Married .'.. 212
How Some of the Ladies Played Chess. 77. 7. 287
How to Organize a Chess Club 158
Influence of Luck in Chess Tournaments'.... 158
In Memory of Chas. A. Gilberg 522
International University Chess 525
Intermittent Repulsion to Chess '" 448
Jacob Billikopf 335
Jasnogrodsky in Canada .77. .."7 632
Jottings 9> 30, 93> m/yjo 233
Key to the Ladies' Group of Portraits .269
Leaders of European Chess 619
Lincoln as a Chess Player 93
Literature... 15, 107, 220, 281, 344,' 4727 526, 630
Midsummer Meeting 145
Middle Game Study ..'.7.7.77' 233
Miscellaneous ' '. 25ft
Morphy's Death 7.77.7" . 631
Mr. Pillsbury's Great Performances. ........ . . . 86
Mr. Steinitz at the Cosmopolitan 91
Music 4•Caissa,, Waltz, W. Pulitzer 276
New Journalism and Chess 78
Notes on the Openings 251, 618
Notes.............. 224, 524, 591, 607,634
Analytical 200
Oriental Women Chess Players 203
Paul Morphy ' " 13
Personal 269. 331, 392, 455*, 513
Positions and Endings from Actual Play 490
538, 585, 658.
Prize Winners of the Brooklyn Chess Club 272
Problem Notes 384, 448, 496
Pureness of Mate and Economy of Material in
Chess Problems 383
Robinson Variation of French Defence 225
Room for a Great Chess Magazine 632
Showalter at Yale 416
Solutions 187, 319, 381, 445. 495, 525. 590, 663
S. Tinsley on Problem Building 468
Street Car Chess 237
The American Chess Code 176,418
The Art of Solving 132
The Bryn Mawn Chess Trophy 622
The Canadian Champion 171
The Cassel Chess Code 605
The Depth of Chess 412
The Devil and tne Chess— John Goodwin 217
The Evans Gambit Declined— J. W. Showalter. 251
VI
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE,
The Gantlet 223
The Greatest Age of Chess 413
The History of the Manhattan Chess Club. 499, 560
The Ladies' Chess Tournament 83
The Last of the Stelnitz Gambit 174
The Match of the Parliaments 1
The Nativity Clause 195
The Possible Dangers of Chess 411
The Professor's Spectacles (Story) 408
The Puzzled Player 288
The Reichhelm Cable Notation 340
The Revival of an Old Defence to the Ruy Lopez,
Suggested by Tarrasch 56
The Rice Gambit 637
The Shipley-Macfarlane Middle Game 331
The Stelnitz Testimonial 165, 196, 265
The Theory of End Play. 24, 88, 169, 228, 278, 346, 419
The Two Shortest Newspaper Notices on the
August Number of the American Chess
Magazine 208
The Quick and the Dead 140
Tourney Scores.... 192, 256, 320, 382, 447, 496, 592, 664
Twenty Years of Chess 615
Woman's Whist Congress 8
Y. M. C. A. Notes 9
Y. M. H. A. Notes 60
NOTED AMERICANS WHO PLAY
CHESS.
Geoige J. Gould 48
Thomas B. Reed 97
Gi neral Joseph Wheeler 166
William Seward Webb 219
Rossiter Worthlngton Raymond 279
Paul Dana 336
Francis Marion Crawford 417
John W. Griggs 467
John Townsend Trowbridge 521
Will Carleton 567
POETRY.
A Chess? Contest— Prof. Charles Jacobus 287
A Chess Tragedy lfr»
A Game 26
A Game She Plavs 78
All You Lovers Be 399
An Acrostic 32
An Ancient Chess King— Jean Ingelow 157
Chess Bores 607
Chess in Summer— Mortimer Collins 81
Chess Poem— 1638, by Nicholas Breton 211
Chess Similes— Phania 520
Frithiof at Chess— Esaias Tegner 267
Lay. of the Solver— W. Pulitzer 32
Love and Chess— W. Pulitzer \J39
O, Don't You Remember 208
The Queen's Jewels— Chas. Love Benjamin 411
Reminiscences of the Midsummer Meeting of the
New York State Chess Association— Wm.
Duval 275
The Bishops of Noland 113
The Castle on the Board— George Schreyer.... 207
The Chess Board-Owen Meredith 159
Three Problems— Mrs. W. J. Baird 440
TOURNAMENTS AND MATCHES.
Berlin International Tournament, The 259
Berlin Tournament, From the 361
British Chess Magazine, Problem Tourney. 639
Brooklyn and British Chess Clubs, Match Be-
tween 85
Brooklyn vs. Manhattan 639
Cable Match, The 548
Cable Match with England, The 204
Cable Chess Match, The 516
Canadian Championship Tournament, The 161
Canadian Tournament, The 633
Canada, The Second Annual Championship Chess
Tournament of Western 570
Continental Tournament, The 231
Continental Correspondence Tournament 233
Continuous Tournament, The 280
Cup Tournament, The 149
District of Columbia, The Match for the Cham-
pionship of the 160
Hartford— Fairfield County 21
Intercollegiate Tournament, The 453. 389
Inter-Parliamentary Chess Contest (House of
Representatives, U. S., vs. British House
of Commons, 1897) 2
Junior Chess Match 523
Ladies' Chess Tournament 77
Llandudno Tournament, The 465
Manhattan and Franklin Chess Clubs, Third An-
nual Team Match Between 10
New York Sun Tournament 537
Pillsbury-Showalter Match, the 523, 636
Plllsbury and Showalter, The Match Between. 35
"Sun*' Correspondence Tournament 622
Syracuse Tournament 523
Telephone Match, The 286
Utica vs. Syracuse 468
Vienna Tournament, The 601, 572
Worcester — Springfield 21
PORTRAITS.
Alapin, S 259
Allen, Prof. George 600
Atkins, H. E 551
Bachia 194
Baird, D. G 546, 601
Bampton, S. W 74, 194
Bardorf 194
Barry, J. F 546
Barth, C. A 16
Bellington, G. E. H 551
Beramjl, R 79. 5*J3
Best, Lyman A 332
Bigelow, Wesley 79. 49S
Bilgraim. 0 194
Billikopf. Jacob 335
Bodine, Robert 3
Borsodi, William 149
Blackburn, J. H 259, 551
Blakey, J. H 270
Blanchard, 0 194
Brown 194
Bruce, A. W 571
Burn, Amos 259, 551
Buryne, Rev. F. X 194
Carleton, Will 567
Caro, H 551
Carpenter, G. E 141
Cassel, Hartwig 621
Caswell, E. A 16, 388
Chadwick, S. H 270, 554
Charousek, R 259
Clay, W. H 332
Cleveland 194
Cochran, W. C 194
Colton, Dr 194
Cook, L. A 452
Cragg, S. H 270
Crawford, F. M 417
Dafoe, William 161
Dahl, E. W 563
Dana, D. T 452
Dana, Paul 336
Davidson, H 600
De Arman, J. W 194
Deen, J. R 141
pelmar, Eugene 100, 546
De Soyres, Rev. J 194
De Visser, W. M 123
Dllthy, C. H 332
Dixon lt>4
Docharty 563
Drescher. Otto 265
Duval, William 273
Elwell, J. D 151
Ettllnger, A. K 123
Faber 194
Ferguson, R. W 563
Ferris. W. J 194
Frankel, M 563
Freeland. Prof. William 388
Frere, Thomas 511
Griggs, John W 467
Galbreath, J. A 525, 546
Gibson. W. W 194
Gllberg, Charles A 32, 469, 498
Gluck 194
Goldstein, S 161
Gould, George J 48
Green, G. T 498
Greenway, N. H 571
Hagen, W. H 27a, 553
Hale, A 194
Hale, J. S 194
Handy, L. 1 3
Hanham, J. M 100
Hathaway. C. H 194
Hay, John 3
Hazletine, M. J 16
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Vll
Heaton, J. H 143
Hellwltz, L.. H 194
Helms, C 194
Helms, H 194
Hervey, D. E 74
Hease. 0 194
Hewins, James 452
Hicks 194
Higgins, A. F 194
Hodges, A. B 16, 100, 546
Hoffer, L. 549
Hoffmann, E 74
Honegger, O. P 141
Huch, C. F 194
Hymes, E 194,265, 546
Isaacson, C. B 123
Jackson, E. M 551
Jacobs, H 651
Jacobus, G. R 452
Janowskl, D 250
Jellett 194
Jones, G. W 270
Judd, W. H 161
Julius, John 571
Kaiser, J. A 194
Karpinski, L. C 194, 151
Kemeny, Emil 100
Kennard, W. D 194
Kneeland, Gen. S. F 332
Lansins 194
Lasker, E 549
Lewis, Dr. 8 194, 600
Lipschutz, 8 100, 149
Lissnei* 194
L'Hommede, G. H 194
Locock, C. D 561
Lowe, Major W. R 194
Lowltz, W. W 102
Loyd, 8 74
Luengene, G. F 87
Lutton 194
Macfarlane, C. W 194
Maguire, E. 8 141, 194
Marco, G 269
Mareau, J. T 270
Mayer 194
McCutcheon, J. L 194
McGrath, M. D 194
McNair, Chas. A 141
Meissiter, R. P 270
Meyer, Arthur J 452
Meyer 149
Mills, D. Y 651
Montgomery, H. P 600
Morgan, M 74, 194
Morphy, Paul 1
Morris, 8. D Ull
Morse, W. F 563
Murdoch, W. M 462
Napier, W. E 149, 194
Narraway, J. E 161, 194
Neill, B. M 600
Newnes, Lady 619
Newnes, Sir George 663, 619
Nicholson, J. W 194
Ottendorfer, Oswald 98
Parnell, John H 2
Patterson 194
Pauncefote, Sir Julian 2
Pearson, Richmond 3
Perry 194
Phillips, C. W 194
Phillips, H. M 74
Plllsbury, H. N 16,546, 601
Pleuger 194
Plowman, T. 8 3
Plunkett, H. C 2
Prentice 194
Pulitzer, Walter 32
Randolph, P. P 600
Rathbone, A 194
Raymond, R. W 279
Reed, T. B 97
Reichhelm, G 194, 208
Rice, F. L 549
Rice, I. L 194
Richardson, Ph 123, 194
Rockamora, 8. R 123
Rogers, H. J 74, 151
Robinson, A. K 546
Robinson, D. 8 149
Rosenfeld, fH 563
Rothschild, Baron Albert De 665
Ryall, Dr 194
Saunders, E 571
Schlechter, C 571
Schlesinger, 8. B 498
Scripture 151
Searle 151
Selover, B. C, Jr 332
Seward, G. 0 452
Shafroth, J. F 3
Sheffield, C 14
Shipley, W. P 149, 194
Showalter, J. W., 16, 100, 546, 601
Simis, A. Jr 270
Simonson, G 663
Smith, H. 0 563
Smyth 194
Sobernheim, E 89
Spencer, R. J 571
Steinitz, Wm„ 33, 149, 165, 266. 601
Sternberg, L 141
Stone 194
Strauss, A 2
Tatnall, G 194
Teed, F. M 141
Thomas, W. C 600
Thompson, E. M 16
Tlchman, B. C 600
Trowbridge, J. T 521
Trenchard. H. W 551
Turney, Rev. L. L 194
Vethake, Prof. H 600
Vezin, Chas 600
Voight, H. G 74
Voight, H. 8 194
Voss, N. A 194
Walbrodt, C. A 259
Walker, F. B 74
Waltham, Dr 194
Webb, Wm. S 219
Webster 194
Westerfleld, E. T 49S
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph 166
White 1M
Whittingham 194
WilliamsLR. R 270
Wilson, F. W 2
Wolcott, H. F 141
Worrall, Mrs. H 16
Young, F. K 194, 452, 546
Zilliken 194
American Chess Editors.
Hervey, Daniel E 79
Hazeltine, Mlron J 7
Reichhelm, Gustav 208
Galbreath, John A 525
Cassel, Hartwig 621
American Problem Com-
posers.
Introduction 456
Cook, E. B 617
Tracy, J. F 568
Cheney, G. N 641
OBITUARY.
Abbott, James.
Chandler
Dartrey, Earl of.
Dewey
Dubbe, F
23
106
108
23
Frankenberg-Proschitz, Paul
von 631
Rocchi, John 108
Schmidt, Dr. C 23
Schull, Ludolph 422
Gil berg, Charles A 465, 469
Fodd, John Howard 108
Lehner. Herrmann 23 Van der Linde, Dr. Antonius 222
Moehle, Charles 631 Van Lennep, N. W 422
English, Berthold 422 Orsini, Dr. Emllio 631 Wayte, Rev. Wm.
Freret. James 631 Ortman, Dr. A 631 Wilson, W. C
631
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AMERICAN
CHESS MAGAZINE
Vol. I.
June, 1897.
No. 1.
The Match of the Parliaments*
O recent event in amateur chessdom
will have awakened a livelier in-
terest or provoked a more friendly
spirit of emulation in English-speaking
chess circles than the contest of last Tues-
day between the two quintettes of British
and American legislators.
The American Chess Magazine is
fortunate in having this unique encounter
as a new feature of its inaugural number,
and draws a happy augury from the coin-
cidence.
It is not the purpose of this article to deal
with the result, or to descant on the merits
or demerits of the engagement, but rather
to dwell on the significance of the event
itself and its immediate influence on chess.
Human conditions are in themselves too
ephemeral to admit of perdurable impres-
sions, and all influences, whether for good
or evil, need to be renewed as often, to be
permanent, as the memory of mortal needs
jogging. Hence, we hope that by the
timely recurrence of such contests as the
one affording us the present theme the ele-
vating and stimulating effects which they
impart to chess may be constantly renewed.
For nothing can contribute more whole-
somely to the greater appreciation of the
game by the initiated, as nothing can tend
more effectively to its wider dissemination
than these friendly trials of skill between
men of prominence or celebrity.
The amateur is stirred by the example to
fresh endeavors, while he who has yet to
make his first native offering at Caissa's
shrine would fain know what all the excite-
ment is about.
These honorable encounters, in which
victory is the only prize, tend to the moral
elevation of chess, while reflecting credit,
by the standing of the participants, on the
intellectual attributes of the game. Like
the romantic tournaments of old, which
kept the spirit of chivalry alive through the
middle ages and gave to history some of its
fairest epics, so will these modern tourneys
perpetuate the virtues of our noble game
and worthily stimulate the ambition of its
adepts.
The American Chess Magazine sends
cordial greetings to the participants in this
last international match, and, while heartily
congratulating the winners, offers to the
losers the consoling reflection contained in
Addison's immortal line :
"'Tis not in mortal to command suc-
cess.
>>
HE first international cable
chess match between mem-
bers of the United States
House of Representatives
and the British House of
Commons opened in a
blaze of glory and ended
most satisfactorily for all
concerned, both teams
The American players
especially must be com-
mended for their gallant fight, as they had less
experience than their opponents and were
lacking the opportunities afforded to chess
there, one of the committee rooms being used
as a chess room. Tournaments have been
C' yed among the members and matches have
n played with outside organizations. With
these as guides the selection of the best players
has not been attended with much difficulty.
The British team was named several weeks ago,
and really represents the best chess element of
the House of Commons, all of the players hav-
ing demonstrated their superiority in the chess
events of the past winter as well as in individual
The credit of originating this novel contest is
due to the chess enthusiasts of the British Par-
liament, led by Mr. J. Henniker Heaton, M. P.
Stimulated by the victory of the British Chess
Club in its recent cable match with the Brooklyn
Chess Club, the chess players of the House of
Commons wrote to Speaker Reed of the House
of Representatives, asking in an informal way
if the chess players of Congress would not like
to play a friendly game, or series of games,
with the British players, and requesting nim to
bring the matter to the notice of the members
who were interested in the game. The letter
was received by Mr. Reed in March. He re-
ferred the matter to Congressmen Richmond
Pearson, of North Carolina, and R. C. Shannon,
of New York, the leading players of the House,
who called a meeting of those known to be
players. At this meeting a committee was ap-
pointed with power to accept a challenge for a
match and arrange the details. The committee
consisted of Richmond Pearson, of North Car-
olina, chairman ; Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Ala-
bama ; Gen. David B. Henderson, of Iowa ;
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE. 3
Mr. Ladislaus Hengelmuller von Hengervar, Ambassador
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
THE AMERICAN TEAM.
Richard Pearson, of Asheville, N. C. Mr.
Pearson was thought one of the strongest play-
ers in Congress. He is a lawyer, a graduate of
Princeton, 45 years of age, and is now in his
second term as Congressman.
John F. Shafroth, of Denver, Col. He is 43
years of age, a graduate of the University of
Michigan, and has been a member of the bar of
Colorado since 1870. At one time Mr. Shafroth
was president of the Denver Chess Club, and
champion of the city. He had not played chess
for a dozen years before the present contest
was talked of, but has done some good study
recently. Mr. Shafroth is sandy-complexioned
and looks something like Showalter.
Robert N. Bodine, of Paris, Miss., is the old-
est man on the team, and looks like a Westerner
of the quieter kind. He is 59 years of age, a
graduate of the Missouri University, and
follows law. He is versed in the openings, but
is not a deep analyst.
T. S. Plowman, of Talladega, Ala., is 54
years of age, president of the Dank, and was
mayor of his city for several years. He is
short, slim and active, and has the appearance
of a nervous player. He has made a good
record in the practice games and defeated Mr.
C. R. Shannon, the captain of the American
team.
Levin Irving Handy, of Newark, Del., is the
youngest man on the team, 36 years. He is a
Lecturer, writer and journalist, and has a good
reputation as a player.
THE BRITISH TEAM.
J. H. Parnell is in some respects like his
famous brother Charles. Before the match
began he complained of not feeling well, but
he played very deliberately.
Mr. Atherley-Jones is the son of the late
Ernest Jones, chartist writer, lecturer, poet and
agitator, who once went to jail for two years.
He is a small man with reddish hair.
H. C. Plunkett is also a small man with
gentle voice and manner. He is a brother of
Lord Dunsany, started the Irish agricultural
scheme, has written for the ' ' Pall Mall Gazette, "
and lived for a long time in Wyoming, where he
has large interests.
A. Strauss, Liberal Unionist member for
Camberne, is a partner in a leading firm of tin
merchants and a bold speculator on the Metal
Exchange.
F. W. Wilson is a native of Dereham, where
his people have been tenant farmers for genera-
tions. He is half a country squire and half a
journalist. He was the pioneer of daily journal-
ism in Southern East Anglia, where twenty
years ago he founded "The East Anglian Daily
Times " At present he has a proprietary
interest in "The Star" and in "The Morning
Leader" companies. Mr. Wilson is a man ot
about fifty, with a white beard, a mischievous
eye, and a sly, dry humor.
J. Henniker Heaton's career is familiar. He
is best known in England as the advocate ot
improved postal arrangements, and is often
described as the "member for postal reform."
Mr. Heaton has held his seat for Canterbury
without opposition since 1885. His favorite in-
door diversion is chess, but next to this sport
he enjoys giving dinner parties. To-day he
was in the seventh heaven of delight over the
success of the international chess match.
The average age of the respective teams is
about the same, viz., between forty-nine and
fifty years.
THE PLAY.
The tournament was opened with an ex-
change of graceful amenities between the two
great English-speaking Parliamentary bodies,
and between the dip'omatic representatives
here and in London of the two Governments
in whose legislative halls the rival chess players
had assembled.
At the first board Mr. Plunkett played a
Bishop's gambit. Mr. Pearson likewise played
his KB to B 4 and thus lost a move. Still his
game would not have been so bad but for the
subsequent retreat of his Queen to K 2 instead
to R 4. His eighth move P — K B 3 compro-
mised his game still more and it soon became
completely disorganized and past rescue. Mr.
Pearson resigned on his sixteenth move.
A victory for America on Board No. 3 tied
the score. Mr. Strauss adopted a Ruy Lopez
against Mr. Bodine. Both parties played well
and the middle game was quite spirited ; the
Englishman succeeded in establishing a passed
Pawn, but left himself open to a mate in two
moves, which Mr. Bodine administered, begin-
ning with a sacrifice of his Queen. The game
in full :
White.
Mr. Strauss.
(Great Britain. )
1 P-K4
2 Kt— K B 3
3 B-Kt5
4 Castles
5 R— K sq
6 BxKt (a)
7 KtxP
8 P-Q4
9 P-Q B 3
0Q-K2
1 B-K3
2 Kt-Q 3
3 Kt-Q 2
4 PxKt (b)
5 P-K4
6 Q-B *
7 Kt—K B 4
8 Kt— B sq
9 P-Q 5
20 Kt—K 6
21 PxB
22 RxP (c)
23 Q-Kt 4 t
24QR-Ksq(d)
25 K — R sq
26 Resigns.
Ruy Lopez.
Black.
Mr. Bodine.
(America )
1 P— K4
2 Kt-Q B 3
3 Kt-B3
4 KtxP
5 Kt-Q 3
6 QPxB
7 B— K2
8 Castles
9B-K3
10 R— K sq
11 P— B3
12 Kt— B 5
13 KtxB
14 B— Q 3
15 B— KB4
16 B— Kt3
17 B— B2
18 P— Q B4
19 P— K B 4
20 BxKt
21 PxP
22 R— K B sq
23 Q-K B 3
24 Q — B 7 ch
25 QxKt ch (e)
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
$
(a) Better were KtxP, KtxKt; 6, RxKt ch,
B— K 7 ; 7, B— R 4.
{6) pxKt was preferable, but the American's
game is already superior.
(c) He should have retaken with the Queen.
(d) Unconscious of the brewing storm.
(e) While this sacrifice is simple in itself, it
is, nevertheless, creditable to a casual chess
player. We congratulate Mr. Bodine to his
conduct of the game.
On Board 5, Mr. Handy surprised by his
rapid play. The opening moves were marked
by exchanges. Mr. Wilson won a Pawn, but
Mr. Handy, by seizing the open KKt's file with
his Rook, soon recovered it. An interesting
ending Kt vs.' B ensued, Mr. Handy boldly
marching his King into the enemy's camp.
The position after white's 36th move was as
follows :
Black— Mr. Handv.
i
i
&
K
dg»
n
White— Mr. Wilson.
The game proceeded :
37 KtxB
38 KtxP
39 K-Q 2
40 KtxP
41 Kt-Q 3
42 KtxP ch
43K-K
44 K— K2
45 K-K 3
46 K— B 4
47 K-Kt 4
48 KxP
And draws.
36 BxP
37 KxBP
38 KxP
39 P— KB 6
40 P— R 5
41 P-B 7
42 K— B 6
43 K-Kt 7
44 K— Kt6
45 K-Kt 7
46 KxKt
47 K— K 6
48 K— B 5
Black — Mr. Jones.
WW;
v^z.a «— *. - mm
3m vMs Wm ft
«i Wtk mm h
mm
w'4) yfo^ ft ^^
' ^m wm *
1
WMk
mvm.
1
WB
White — Mr. Plowman.
White had here a simple win by P Queens.
He, however, played 43, R — R 7, whereupon
black won by RxP ch ; 44, KxR, Q — B 7 ch ; 45,
K— K sq, B— Kt 6 ch.
With the score of 2% to i# against America,
all chances of winning were gone, and it de-
volved upon Judge Shafroth to save the match.
Mr. Parnell, defending with a French, at first
proved the more routined player, but in the
middle game Mr. Shafroth more than held his
own, and eventually isolated the adverse Q P
and won it. The game, however, was stillfar
from being won, as the Pawn plus was on the
King's side. The Irishman, however, by ex-
changing Rooks, assisted his opponent. On the
40th move the game stood thus :
Black— Mr. Parnell.
W)
WM
WM
Wm.
mm.
I
wm
iw.
8 mm
** mm f fflmm y/mm
mm wm wm wm
■* PI w
mMi mm,
mm.
White— Mr. Shafroth.
On Board No. 4, Mr. Plowman played a very
aggressive Ruy Lopez against Mr. Atherley-
Jones, and on the thirty-first move sacrificed a
piece, which he recovered with interest. When
play was resumed on the second day his game
was counted upon as a sure victory, but he
missed several opportunities. Eventually the
following position was arrived at :
The game proceeded :
40 K— K4
41 B-Q4
42 P— B 5 ch
43 PxP ch
44 B-K5
45 K-Q 5
46 P-Q R 4
40 B— K3
41 B— Qsq
42 PxP ch
43 K— B 2
44 P— Q R 3
45 P-Kt4
46 PxP
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47 PxP
48 K— B6
49 K— Kt6
50 K— Kt 5
51 K— B4
52 K— Kt 5
53 B-B7
54 BxP
55 B— Q8ch
56P-R5
57 P-R 6
58 K— Kt 6
59 K-Kt7
47 B-R4
48 B— K8
49 P-Q R 4
50 P— R 4
fit P-R5
5i B-Q7
53 K-B 3
54 B— B5
55 KkP
56 B— Ktfi
57 B— Kt sq
58 K— K 5
59 Resigns
When this game was finally concluded, and
the score stood Great Britain a#. United
States 1% — a drawn match — cheers were given
by the Americans, and the cheers were re-
echoed in the House of Commons.
A consultation game was then begun, with
three members of each House on a side.
Messrs. Wilson, Plunkett and Charles E.
Shaw, white, played a Vienna against Pearson,
Bodine and Hancy. At the hour of adjourn-
ment the game was in an even position, and
the Americans proposed a draw : but on sugges-
tion of the British team it was referred to Baron
Hengelmuller, the Austrian Minister, for arbi-
tration.
Congratulatory messages were sent and re-
ceived by the teams, and votes of thanks passed
for the umpires, referee, chairmen of the com-
mittees in charge of the match, and assistants,
and everyone seemed to feel relieved that the
two sides had done so well. Three cheers were
given for the Queen by the Americans and
cheers were given by the British for the Presi-
dent of the United States.
Mr. Pearson sent the following cable mes-
sage:
"To the Hon. J. Henniker Heaton: On behalf
of the American players and the large number
of friends who have followed with the greatest
interest this contest, I desire to thank you espe-
cially for originating the idea. We trust the
event will hereafter be an annual one between
the two Houses."
The Western Union Company transmitted
the moves as fast as made, from a table in the
room. Mr. Pearson's resignation and the re-
quest for a friendly game with Plunkett was
sent and an answer received in less than one
minute. From Washington there was a wire
to Heart's Content, then a cable to Valentin
and then direct into the House of Commons.
Where the meeting ol the New York Chess Association will be
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
American Chess Editors.
MIRON J. HAZELTINE.
Miron James Hazeltine, of an old Teu-
tonic family, was born in Rumney, N. H.,
November 13, 1824, He learned the ele-
ments of chess in 1850, and joined the
New York C. C. in '54. Mr. Hazeltine
met with a nearly fetal injury in the college
(Amherst) gymnasium, from which he has
always suffered ; was in a law office four
years ; was principal of a select classical
school in New York City for about ten
years, and has since resided at "The
Larches," Campton Village, N. H.
Mr. H. opened his first chess column in
the New York Saturday Courier, Febra-
"y 3> '855. This handsome column was
the American pioneer in the chess awaken-
ing which resulted in the advent of Morphy,
Paulsen, and a better school of chess.
In August, 1856, "Miron" was installed
in the chair of chess of the New York Clip-
far, and during all these years, from Feb-
ruary 3- '55. to the present time, it is his
pride to say that amid these days of change
and unrest he has never been absent from
his post for even a single week. He was
co-editor with D.W.Fiske, A. M., of Vol. I.
American Chess Monthly. In 1866-67 he
wrote a series of sketches of American
chess men, etc., for the Macon Telegraph,
Ga., which commanded wide attention.
The series included Charles H. Stanley,
Theo. M. Brown. James A. Leonard, the
"Morphy Chess Rooms," etc.
In books, under his own name, arc :
"Dime Chess Instructor," 1859-60; "Clip-
per Chess Problem Tournament, ' ' 1 860- 6 1 ;
audi866that adcaptandum work, "Brevity
and Brilliancy in Chess." In i860 "Mi-
ron" was honored by C. H. Stanley with
a commission to re-edit the historical New
Orleans match, Stanley vs. Rousseau in '45;
but the forced suspension of the C. M. in
'61. owing to the closing of the Southern
mails by the Government, prevented its
completion. He compiled the practical
part of " Mara die's Manual of Chess,"
and was employed by Mr. De Witt to com-
plete "Morphy's Match Games," begun
by Mr. Stanley.
The chess library at "The Larches"
contains at least 650 volumes, including
over 100 scrap-books. Many of these vol-
umes are rare, curious and valuable, as are
many of his 100 volumes of classical books.
His chess collection is the finest in New
England. "Miron's" literary recreations
are mainly in poetry and the classics, cul-
minating in 1892-97 in a new and complete
metrical translation of the jolly old Greek,
Anacreon. Politically, he is a Democrat ;
in religious views, a Unitarian ; his college
fraternity is Delta Upsilon, and he holds
commissions as Justice of the Peace and
Quorum, and Notary Public, both for the
State of New Hampshire. It is no figure
of speech to say that his correspondence
and friendships are world-wide, and he
signs himself, as always, yours, in Caissa's
genial bonds, Miron.
Invention of an Expelled Chen Club Member.
A vade mecum for chess players. What's
thatf Why, Catlin's Improved Pocket Chess
Boards. No chess player can afford to be
without one.
After a fierce contest which waged for
over 13 hours, the result of this year's
match between the Franklin and Man-
hattan Clubs was still in abeyance, as each
side had scored 6yi points with one game,
that between Elson and Halpem, in the
hands of the referee. The position sub-
mitted to Mr. Steinitz for adjudication was
the following :
Position after black's 39th move.
Black— Halpern.
iiqi i
s 1 1 It
ItDlltB
a a mm
■ an b en
b b n mt\
SB bibs*
mm sib
Mr. Steinitz reserved his decision on re-
quest of Mr. Elson, who, in claiming the
game, stated that he will forward analysis.
The match, almost from the very outset,
took a favorable aspect for the Quakers.
It took Mordecai Morgan exactly 21 to
unhorse Simonson. The full run of this
pretty game, with notes by Edward
Hymes, are appended.
French Defence.
White.
Mr. G. Simonson.
r P— K4
2P-Q4
3 P*P
4 Kt— KB 3
5 B-Q3
6 Castles
7 P-B 3 (b)
8 QKt-Q 2
9Q-B3
10 Kt-K 5
11 KtxKt
ta PxP
13 Kt-Kt 3
14 Kt-Q 4
15 B-B 5
16 P-B 3
17 K-Rsq
18 BxB
Mr. M. Morgan.
1 P-K3
2 P-Q4
3 PxP
4 Kt— KB 3
5 B-K a (a)
6 B— KKt s
7 QKt-Q 2
8 Castles
9 P-B 4
10 B-R4
13 B-Kj
14 B— Kt3
'§9-93
At the Franklin Club.
-Mr. Seymour, umpire tor the Manhattan, ami 8 players in the large re
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
I9B-K3(c) 19QR— Ksq
x> QR— Ksq so RxB(d)
(a) We prefer this to the stolid imitation of
white's move, generally adopted with 5. .
B-Q3-
(i> There is more ration d'etre in Kt— QB 3
followed by B— K 3 and eventually Kt— K 2.
White has nothing to fear trom BxKt.
(c) White seems utterly unconscious of the
clever trap into which he falls. The proper
rejoinder was either Q—Q 1 or B— Kt sq.
id) A thunderbolt in the
midst of seeming calm. If Reproduction of
2i, RxR then Kt-Kt 5, win- " ,
ning a Rook,
Isaacson and Bam p ton
agreed upon a draw in an
even position, each hav-
ing two Rooks and the
Bishops being of opposite
color. Shipley and David-
son soon followed suit.
The latter, however,
sought first advice from
the captain of his team,
to which the Franklin
Club's umpire, Mr. Swee-
ny, objected. This gave
rise to a controversy over
the wires, Mr. Shipley
stating that, in his opinion,
the captain had no right
to advise any of his play-
ers whether to play for a
draw or not, and he made
the point that, for instance
in an end game, the cap-
tain, seeing a possible win,
might indirectly call the
player's attention to it by
directing him to continue.
Mr. Shipley added that,
when approached by a
player on his team, he in-
variably tells him to use
his own judgment.
Mr. Davidson replied 1
"I accept draw, but main-
tain that the captain should
have the privilege of man-
aging his team as regards
playing or not."
The game between Ma-
guire and Vorrath had
gone on for 25 moves
without a single Pawn
being exchanged, when a block posi-
tion ensued, which insured the draw.
Major Hanham had succeeded in isolating
Mr. Newman's Queen Pawn, but could de-
rive no further advantage and accepted a
draw. Jasnogrodski was rather unfortu-
nate in being pitted against so dangerous
an opponent to his style of pTay as brilliant
Gustave Reichhelm. Moreover,the Russian
ill-advisedly selected Steinitz's defence to
the Ruy Lopez, and, as a result, went down
ignominiously before the Pennsylvanian.
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Some hitches occurred on boards 1 and
13. On the former, two pieces had been
shifted by outsiders during the recess for
supper at the Manhattan end, while on the
latter board the Philadelphians made a
wrong move, placing Lipschutz* s R at K
sq instead of at K Kt sq, as transmitted.
Upon discovery of the errors a compromise
was effected. Game 1 was given a draw,
although Philadelphia was a Pawn ahead
and, in return, 6 moves were taken back
on board 13, and the game continued from
the twenty -second move.
The score stood ^]4 to 2j£ when at 11
o'clock play was called and Mr. Steinitz's
work began. Kaiser had Queen, Rook,
Bishop and 7 Pawns against Queen, 2
Rooks and 4 Pawns, but the Rooks were
doubled on the seventh row and Mr. De
Visser, in showing how he proposed to
win, disclosed some brilliant continuations
which he had in store for his opponent. He
got the verdict. Mr. Hodges' play against
the Sicilian defence can serve as a model
and his position was so manifestly superior
that the Franklin Club tacitly gave up the
game. Mr. Hodges asked Mr. Steinitz to
reserve decision, as he wanted to submit
analysis proving a win, but in the absence
of any claim by the Franklin players, Mr.
Steinitz awarded him the game then and
there. Delmar, being a piece ahead, also
got the decision. Mr. J. P. Morgan had
an ideal attack against D. G. Baird' s King
with RP and Kt P advanced to the sixth and
Rooks behind, but somewhat let up by
bartering away his Rooks for the Queen.
Mr. Sweeny claimed the game on the
ground that Mr. Baird had exceeded the
time limit, and the claim was allowed. Mr.
Morgan probably would have gotten the
decision anyway. Kemeny claimed a win
against Showalter and got the verdict. The
game was a Ruy Lopez, Kemeny playing the
same variation against Showalter which the
latter repeatedly had adopted against him
in their match. A draw position had been
arrived at when Showalter, under the im-
pression that he must win in order to save
the match, effected a break which cost him
the game. In the final game Young
claimed an advantage, while Lipschutz
made a strong claim for the game. The
game was finally awarded to the Manhattan
Club. Summaries :
Franklin.
1. Voi$t J
2. Robinson ....o
3. Stuart o
4. Reichhelm...i
5. Kaiser o
6. J. P. Morgan.. 1
7. Shipley \
8. Newman \
9. M. Morgan... 1
10. Maguire £
11. Bampton J
12. Elson *
13. Young o
14. Kemeny 1
Opening.
Sicilian....
Q P
Sicilian....
Ruy Lopez
Sicilian....
Q P
PetrofT
K'sGbtd'l
French ....
Four Kts..
Cen. Coun
Ruy Lopez
French
Ruy Lopez
Manhattan.
Schmidt J
Delmar 1
Hodges 1
Jasno^rodski.o
De Visser t
D G. Baird... o
Davidson }
Hanham \
Simonson o
Vorrath b
Isaacson \
Halpern *
Lipschutz 1
Showalter o
Total 6J
First move on even
boards.
Umpire :
Total 6J
First move on odd
boards.
Umpire :
Frank Sweeny. H. Seymour.
ft
eferee : W. Steinitz
1 Adjudicated.
Paul Morphy*
The American Chess Magazine would
neither be complete in substance nor exact
and faithful in spirit, if, in doing honor to
contemporary American celebrities, it foiled
to pay some tribute of admiration to the
memory of that immortal genius whose
marvelous achievements first caused the light
of the world to shine on American chess.
Nature, in its wise economy, bestows
pre-eminence on but few men.
These privileged beings come with the
lapse of centuries between them, but these
are bridged over by the powerful impress
of their deeds on the memory of man, and
the chain of supreme endeavors is thus
forged, link by link, through the eternity
of time.
Whatever the sphere they move in, they
enrich, embellish, or enlarge the common
heritage of man.
The world owes to Paul Morphy some
of the most brilliant achievements in chess,
and his games will endure forever as an
evidence of his superior genius.
14
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The Women's Chess Club
of New York.
The final meeting of the season was held
on April 27.
The club is incorporated and holds regu-
lar meetings throughout the winter season.
It is the only incorporated women's chess
club in the country. The membership is
not large at the present time, but it has
been growing since the club's inception.
The incorporators of the club are Mrs.
Winthrop Parker, Miss Emily Somers
Haines, Miss Jean L. Nesbit, Miss Eliza
Campbell Foot and Miss Sophie Downer.
The meetings are held in a handsome club
room at the Town and County Club, No.
12 East Twenty-second Street, on Tuesday
afternoons at 2 . 30 o' clock. There are seven
chess tables about the room, and each is
fitted with a regulation chess board. There
are few meetings at which all of the boards
are not in use. In a prominent place on
the wall hangs the code of the game as
adopted by the Manhattan Chess Club.
Whenever any point of the game is in dis-
pute the members may refer to the code,
and it is a rule that they must abide by its
decision.
A number of challenge games have been
played between the members during the
season. These have all been well con-
tested and have been productive of much
enthusiasm. Once a month Major Han-
ham, one of the experts of the Manhattan
Chess Club, has visited the Women's Club
and has played simultaneously against all
the members who were present. Playing
in this manner has been of the greatest
benefit to the members.
The following women were elected offi-
cers of the club at the regular annual meet-
ing : Miss Eliza Campbell Foot, president ;
Mrs. Winthrop Parker, vice-president ;
Miss Emily Somers Haines, secretary, and
Miss Sophie Downer, treasurer. The di-
rectors elected are Mrs. William Hamilton
Stockwell, Mrs. Benjamin Webster, Mrs.
William Gordon Verplanck, Miss Emily
Somers Haines, Miss Eliza Campbell Foot,
Mrs. Winthrop Parker, Mrs. William
Minavar Verplanck, Miss Sophie Downer
and Miss Mina G. Waterbury.
The club will reassemble on the first
Tuesday in November.
^j^-cSZZ^
A
%
VtQ?L
Master Charles Sheffield is the
founder and president of the Flushing
Chess Club. He learned the moves at the
age of ten and from the outset was very
sensitive to defeat, breaking out in tears
when he got mated. He, however, made
rapid progress. Though only 14, he is an
ardent devotee of Caissa and was one of the
first to subscribe to the American Chess
Magazine. The Flushing Chess Club is a
lively organization of young people who
meet alternately at each other's residences.
Vincent De La Montaigne is secretary and
Horace King treasurer. The club is
doing a lot of proselyting, especially among
the young misses of Flushing and their
mothers, who all are getting interested in
chess.
Chess players fond of outdoor life will do well
to read the announcement of Game/and, which
is as excellent in its line as the American Chess
Magazine is in Chessdom.
riic n r"i "•:?'. ■n.:'L".:ir-- -TT-yniiiBffinn-'miig.tJX-MPfcTr
ATURL,
We are delighted to learn that Mr. Wal-
ter Pulitzer, the gifted young problematist,
is contemplating a second edition of his
"Chess Harmonies' ' in the near future.
When it first appeared this book met with
well-deserved success, and some of its
problems were reprinted all over the world.
Its circulation, however, was purely a pri-
vate one and, therefore, necessarily limited.
The new edition will be accessible to the
great public, as it is to be brought out by
one ot our leading publishers. Although
only in his 23d year, Mr. Pulitzer ranks
high among American composers, his
problems being exceedingly well con-
structed, original and, as a rule, remarka-
bly fine. Some are of very considerable
difficulty, and many readers will recall the
celebrated two-move problem which puz-
zled Lasker for nearly half an hour, while
another fine solver failed to unravel it in a
whole hour. Steinitz took fifteen minutes
for another, and then, thinking it mis-
printed, looked for the solution. This was
the first and only two-move problem Stei-
nitz ever failed to solve within fifteen min-
utes. Although bold ideas and striking
key moves are characteristic with his prob-
lems, Mr. Pulitzer lays the stress on con-
struction, and he does not permit any of
his problems to leave the workshop until
they are sure to satisfy the most fastidious
critic. His position is best defined by the
following passage in the preface of ' ' Chess
Harmonies :"
11 The art principles laid down and pre-
scribed by critics like Lowell and Ruskin
may (in the main) be said to apply equally
and with as much truth and directness to
the art of problem construction as to any
other art Although I admit intricacy oi
theme and beauty of design and general
harmony of ideas and conception to be very
desirable quantities in the problem, still, I
do not consider them indispensable quanti-
ties. I am inclined to attach so much im-
portance to 'construction' in itself, that
even if a problem be commonplace and un-
interesting, so long as the constructive laws
have been followed out, the result, in my
opinion, is as much a 'composition' as
anything, and, indeed, a more legitimate
work than a crudely-executed 'inspira-
> >>
tion.
Like all connoisseurs, Mr. Pulitzer is
quite severe in his condemnations of trick,
"corner" and •' monstrosity* ' problems.
The second edition will embrace a num-
ber of problems composed since the publi-
cation of "Chess Harmonies." On an-
other page will be found Mr. Pulitzer's
latest composition, his contribution to the
American Chess Magazine.
***
Prof. Isaac L. Rice will soon publish a
monograph of an innovation of his in a va-
riation of the Kieserizky Gambit (5, Kt —
K 5, Kt— K B 3 ; 6, B-B 4, P— Q 4 ;
7. P x P, B— Q 3 ; 8, Castles), which he
calls "Rice Gambit." The sacrifice leads
to interesting complications, which will be
exhaustively analyzed by the author and
Mr. Lipschutz.
***
C. A. Walbrodt, having resigned the
editorship of the Berliner Schachzeitung,
is publishing a bi-weekly, the Internationale
Schachzeitung. Professor Johann Berger
is now the editor of the former periodical.
* ^ *
Baron Von Heyderbrand der Lasa, the
famous diplomat and chess veteran, has
published a book entitled "The History
and Literature of^ the Game of Chess,"
which we shall review in our next issue.
* ^ *
James Mason will shortly issue a new
book, "Chess Openings," which will be
uniform with "Principles of Chess."
Price 3s. 2d.
***
The "Force of Circumstances" is the
title of a serial publication by W. L. B. ,
of which No. 1 has come to hand. The
cover is of immaculate whiteness, bearing
the American flag — nothing else. We
shall not disclose any of its contents, leav-
ing it for our readers to read the booklet in
full. The price is 5 cents. Address, P. O.
Box 773, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Amherst College*
The chess tournament, which was begun
last term, has been won by E. S. J. Ward,
1900, who defeated W. A. Cowan, '97, in
the finals, three games to two.
Berkeley Victorious*
The annual match between representa-
tive teams of the University of California
and Stanford, played recently at the Hop-
kins Art Institute, resulted in a victory for
the Berkeley students by a score of two to
one. The following is a summary of the
match :
No. of University
Stanford. Opening, moves, of California.
W. Kohler 0 Ray Lopez 6S R.H. Parkhurst 1
M. Johnson......... 1 K— B opening.. 68 T. de Lagna 0
C. Serpias ...._... 0 Giuoco piano ... 62 S. Jfcpatein. ........ 1
Total ~.7i Total 2
The University Chess Club has been
formed at Ann Arbor, Mich. The mem-
bers are very active and enthusiastic. Its
officers are : President, H. Starmwell ;
vice-president, M. C. Rosenow. Execu-
tive Committee — R. Griffith, H. P. Bowen.
The club has just finished two games with
the Bay City Chess Club, both of which
were won by the University boys.
Brown University*
The championship of Brown University
was won by Geo. M. Bliss, '97, of East
Providence, R. I. Mr. Bliss is a formida-
ble player, as shown by his winning sec-
ond prize in the winter tournament of the
Rhode Island State Chess Association.
University of Pennsylvania Chess Club*
The University of Pennsylvania Chess
Club was organized in October, 1895, by
the following students of the University :
Messrs. Granger, Paxson, Stroup, Corson,
Fraley, Davis, Kratz and Fox. The club
was organized for the purpose of accepting
a challenge from Lehigh College for an
annual match to be held alternately at
Bethlehem and Philadelphia. The first
match was played in Philadelphia, April,
1896, and resulted in a win for Pennsyl-
vania by 8 games to 4. The second match
was played at Bethlehem on May 1, 1897,
6 men on a side, each meeting his oppo-
nent twice. " Old Penn" won, 9 to 3, the
details of the match being as follows :
Pennsylvania. Lehigh.
WON. LOST. WON. LOST.
Granger 2 o W. Starkey o 3
Stroup 2 o L. C. Starkey ..o 2
Esterly 1 1 Schwecke 1 1
Thompson 2 o Kratz .. o 2
St. Amand 1 1 Thomson o 2
Corson 1 1 Moritz 1 1
Total 9 3 Total 3 9
Mr. A. C. St. Amand, captain of the
above team, comes from Scranton, Penn. ,
and is a chess player of no mean ability,
having had six years' experience at the
game. He is 21 years of age and a mem-
ber of the Class of '97 in the Dental
Department.
The officers of the club for the year ot
1895-96 were : President, J. C. Granger,
Jr. ; vice-president, J. S. Kratz ; treasurer,
F. Fraley ; secretary, M. E. Davis.
The officers for the year 1896-97 are :
President, I. C. Granger, Jr. ; vice-presi-
dent, R. W . Deacon ; treasurer, F. L. Pax-
son ; secretary, E. M. Thompson.
Mr. J. C. Granger, Jr., has held the
office of president since the organization
of the club. He was one of the founders
of the club and a member of the team ot
1895-96. He is 24 years of age and a res-
ident of Philadelphia (502 South Tenth
Street), and a member of the Class of '97
in the Medical Department. Mr. Granger
is an excellent chess player of about nine
years' experience. This is his graduating
year.
Mr. Ralph W. Deacon was elected vice-
president for the year 1896-97. He is a
native of Mount Holly, N. J., and a chess
player of two years' experience. He is a
member of the Class of '98 in the Civil
Engineering Department, and is about 20
years of age.
Mr. Frederic L. Paxson, a charter mem-
ber of the club and treasurer for the year
1896-97, is a resident of Philadelphia (1725
Oxford Street), and a member of the Class
of '98 in the Arts and Sciences Depart-
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ment. He is an expert chess player of two
or three years* experience and a member
of the team of 1895-96.
Mr. E. M. Thompson, present secretary
of the club and member of the team for
1896-97, is a resident of Philadelphia (31 17
Diamond Street), and a member of the
Class of '98 in the Medical Department.
He is a chess player of about five years'
experience and also a member of the
Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia. He
is 20 years of age.
The Chess Club has made rapid strides
in the last year, probably owing to monthly
simultaneous exhibitions by prominent
Philadelphia chess players, such as Mr.
Herman G. Voigt, Mr. E. S. Maguire, of
the Franklin Chess Club ; Prof. Hallett, of
the University Faculty, and many others
of equal prominence. The work of the
club this year has been of a character to
excite interest among the students. Local
tournaments have been held, also problem
tourneys and intercollegiate correspondence
games, with such colleges as would conde-
scend to play "a team without a
reputation."
Pennsylvania attempted to enter a team
in the annual Intercollegiate Tournament,
but was, for some reason, unable to do so ;
but arrangements were made to play Har-
vard in New York, but, owing to lack of
time, this game was postponed until next
year.
The membership of the club has steadily
increased throughout the year and now
numbers about forty.
The club recently recorded another bi
victory in a match played at Houston Ha
with the Century Wheelmen at Philadel-
phia. It was a two- round match, 7 on a
side. Owing to the lateness of the hour,
the second game on Board 3 was post-
poned. Messrs. Bampton and Maguire,
of the Franklin Chess Club, acted as ref-
erees. A synopsis follows :
Pennsylvania. Century.
WON. LOST. WON. LOST.
1. Granger 1 1 Shanbacker 1 1
2. Passon 1 1 Steinmetz 1 1
3. Esterly }£ % Hahn # %
4. Thompson. 2 o Leach o 2
5. Stroup ......2 o Cornyn o 2
6. St Amand..2 o Lauer o 2
7. Corson 2 o Sayre o 2
Total io# 2)4 Total 2% io}4
The club is soon to play a team match
with the Norristown (N. J.) Y. M. C. A.
Chess Club.
Yale vs* Harvard*
A match of two games is being contested
by correspondence between Yale and Har-
vard. The first one has been declared a
draw, the second is still in progress. The
score :
Ruy Lopez.
Harvard.
Black
1 P-K4
Yale
White.
1 P-K 4
2 Kt—K B 3
3 B— Kt5
4 P-Q4
5 Castles
6 P-K5
7 KtxP
8 Kt— B 5
9 KtxB ch
0 Kt— Q 2
1 P-KB 3
2 PxKt
3 K— R
4 PxQP
5 K-B 3
6 QxQ
7 P-QKt3
8 Kt— Q4
9 B— K2
20 R— B 2
21 Kt—K 6
22 Kt— B5
23 KxB
24 R— K 2
25 RxP
26 RxR
27 B-Q4
28 P— B 4
29 P-K R 3
30 P-B 5
31 B— Kt sq
32 P-QKt4
33 P-R 3
34 R— K B sq
35 R-B 3
36 R-Q 3
37 R-Q B 3
38 R— K B3
39 R— Kt 3 ch
40 B — K 3
41 R— K B 3
42 K— R 2
43 P— Kt 4
44 PxP
45 RxKr ch
46 R— K 7
47 RxP
48 R-Q B 7
49 RxP
50 R-Q 6
51 R-Q4ch
52 P— B6
Yale. — Mr. John C. Pickett, a fresh-
man of Northampton, Mass., has beaten
2 Kt— QB3
3 Kt-B 3
4 PxP
5 B— K2
6 Kt—K 5
7 Castles
8P-Q4
9 KtxKt
10 P— K B 4
11 P— B3
12 Q— Kt 3 ch
13 QxB
14 QxQ P
15 B-K3
16 BxQ
17 K R— K sq
18 B— K 5
19 Q R— Q sq
20 R— Q 2
21 Kt— Kt3
22 R (Q 2)— K 2
23 PxKt
24 KtxP
25 Kt— Kt 5
26 RxR
27 R— K 7
28 P_q Kt 3
29 Kt— R 3
30 Kt— B 4
31 P-QKt4
32 R— Kt 7
33 K-B 2
34 K-Kt3
35 P-K R 4
36 R-QB7
37 R-Q 7
38 Kt— R 5
39 K-B 3
40 Kt— B 4
41 R— Q 8 ch
42 K— K 4
43 PxP
44 KtxB
45 K-B 5
46 P— Kt 4
47 KxP
48 R— Q 6
49 RxP
50 R— Q Kt 6
51 K-R4
52 Drawn.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
all opponents, including Mr. Murdock, who
represented Yale in the intercollegiate chess
match.
College of the City of New York*
The Damiano Chess Club celebrated its
first anniversary last month. The annual
prize tournament, 20 entries, resulted as
follows :
Played. Won. Lost. Per ct.
L. B.Meyer 71 59^ lllA -838
A. S. Meyer 56 43^ "tf -777
K.Falk 20 i2# 7lA .625
S. W. Denzer 49 30 19 .612
B. M. L. Ernst 72 42 3° -583
J. M. Sinsheimer 83 47 # 35# -572
H. Boehm 40 2 c 19 -5*5
C. B. Buerger 16 8 8 .500
J. Frank 2 1 1 .500
A. O. Ernst 61 28 35 -495
The club has begun another tournament,
to last three months. Nineteen have
entered.
Vanderbilt vs* Sewanee*
This match was played on May 18 in
Dr. Dudley's rooms on the Vanderbilt
campus, and victory perched upon the old
gold and black, the final score being 4^ to
1 y2. Summaries follow :
Vanderbilt. Sewanee.
Jones 2# Williams #
McClure 2 Hull 1
Total
A%
ITotal.
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Interscholastie Chess*
The annual tournament of the Polytech-
nic Preparatory Institute Chess Club ended
on the 4th inst. , after six weeks' play. All
the games were well contested. Somers,
the winner, deserves special mention for
his splendid play throughout the entire
series. He won every game except one.
A. W. Meisel, the "boy phenomenon/ '
pressed Somers closely. Sawyer's record
is worthy of note, because he obtained
fourth place, and has been playing only
about two months. Fourteen competed.
The scores of the leaders follow :
WON. LOST. PR. CT.
P. Q. Somers I3# % -9^4
A. W. Meisel 12 2 .857
H. B. Kalbfleisch 10 3 .769
J. G. Sawyer 10 4 -7H
R. P. Morse 9 4 -°92
S. H. Clowes 9 S .642
Henry Morse 7 J* *% -535
K. S. Kneeland 7 7 .5°o
The Polytechnic Preparatory School
defeated the Manual Training High School
in a team match, 6 on a side, by the score
of 3>£ to 2}4.
The Boys' High School Chess Club
played a tie match with the Ninth Street
branch of the Y. M. C. A. Six played on
a team, each winning 3 games. The High
School Club took a substantial lead in pre-
vious rounds, the total score being 13^ to
7}i in their favor.
A match, 4 on a side, between the sixth
and seventh language classes of the Boys'
High School, was won by class six by a
score of 3 to 1 . The second team of the
club drew a match with the Bishop Chess
Club, each side scoring 2 games.
New York State Chess Association*
The Board of Managers met at the
Manhattan Chess Club on May 10. It was
decided to accept the offer of the Murray
Hill Hotel, Thousand Islands, for the sum-
mer meeting to be held August 2 to 7 in-
clusive.
The Murray Hill Hotel is one of the best
hotels on the St. Lawrence River. The
usual rate is $4 a day, but they will make
a special rate of $2 a day to the members
and their friends. The hotel proprietors
also offer to the association a building lot
on the island valued at $250, which will be
the property of the association, to use and
dispose of as they see fit.
President Howard J. Rogers laid before
the board a letter from Walter Penn Ship-
ley, secretary of the Pennsylvania State
Chess Association, challenging the New
York Association to a team match of 6 or
8 players a side. It was at first thought
that the plan of a team match might interfere
with the Stoats Zeitung's cup tournament,
which usually occupies the strongest New
York players, but as it was probable that
the entries for that contest would be small,
it was decided to accept the challenge and
try to run both. Each association is to put
up $50 for prizes, making it $100 in all,
which will be divided into four prizes of
$35, $30, $20 and $15, and the player that
makes the best score, without reference to
whether he is a New Yorker or a Pennsylva-
nian, is to receive first prize; second best
score, second prize, etc. Mr. Shipley
stated that he, Young, Bampton, Stuart
and Robinson are sure to go, and possibly
Maguire, Voigt, A. Hale, McCutcheon and
Lutton.
Brooklyn Chess Club*
The championship, 1897, of the Brook-
lyn Chess Club was competed for by 6 con-
testants, all belonging to the younger ele-
ment. Young Napier won, Helms was
second, Marshall third. The score in full :
Players.
Napier ~
Helms
Marshall
Tatum
Breckenridge
Ruth
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The first month of the present session of
the continuous tournament at the Brooklyn
Chess Club shows a good average of games
played by the sixty entrants. The total
for the month reaches nearly 1000 games,
of which Dr. Taber played a total of 226.
F. J. Marshall made the highest percent-
age. The score of the leaders follow :
WON.
F. J. Marshall 10
H. Zern 6
Dr. DeSrigethy 8
E. C. Selover, Jr. 8
|. H.Watson 29
Dr. Berendsohn 42
R. Colwell \7
S. G.Ruth .16
J. C. Tatum 10
S. H. Chadwick 55
A handicap is in progress at the City
Chess Club with 14 entries.
LOST.
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Washington, D* G, Chess Qub»
The championship of 1897 was com-
peted for by ten players. Five prizes were
offered by the club, and a special prize by
Dr. Southworth. Mr. F. B. Walker won
the final, the score being as follows :
WON. WON.
Walker 8# Dunham 5
Tharp 7 Gwyer 5
Hanna 6% Tibbetts 5
Harris 6 Thomas 2%
O'Farrell 6 Tucker \%
In playing off for fourth and fifth prizes,
Capt. O'Farrell won 2 games, Harris 1.
Tibbetts beat Gwyer for the special prize
offered by Dr. Southworth, Mr. Dunham
having withdrawn from the contest
A match for the championship of the
District of Columbia is in progress be-
tween Mr. F. M. Wright, who won first
prize in three successive tourneys, and
thereby won permanent possession of a
handsome cup offered by Mr. F. M. Lib-
bey, as well as the title of champion of
the District of Columbia, and Mr. F. B.
Walker, who recendy won first prize in the
championship tourney of the Washington
Chess Club. In their match play hereto-
fore Mr. Wright won a majority of the
games, but Mr. Walker has been showing
up in better form this winter. The condi-
tions are : 7 games up, time limit 20 moves
an hour. Mr. Wright won the first 2 games,
a Queen's gambit, declined in 60 moves,
and a Giuoco piano in 24 moves. Mr.
Wright has the move in the even num-
bered, Mr. Walker in the odd numbered
games.
Tacoma, Wash., Chess Club*
A tournament is in progress with 15
entries. The score of the leaders :
WON. LOST. PR. CT.
Ryder i8# 3# .840
Hall 20 6 .769
Clark 12 5 .706
Lee 13 8 .619
Creemer 7 5 .584
Webb 7 7 .500
Lytle 11 12 .478
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Cosmopolitan Chess Club*
The first annual championship tourna-
ment of the Cosmopolitan Chess Club was
entered by 10 players, Messrs. Finn,
Karow, G. Koehler, Newman, Nugent,
Roething, Dr. Siff, Schoenbaum, Terker,
and Widmer. Dr. Sift withdrew, and,
after the fourth round, Mr. Finn dropped
out, after losing two games and forfeiting
a third to Mr. Koehler. Mr. Henry Kneft
then was prevailed upon by the committee
to take Mr. Finn's place, and, with true
chess chivalry, stepped in the breach, al-
though he could not hope for a prize with
his predecessor's score against him. Mr.
Karow forfeited most of his game and was
dropped in the second round. During the
first round Mr. Terker made a gallant bid
for premier honors, and, after its comple-
tion, headed the list with half a point. In
the second round, however, he met with
nothing but reverses. A very close and
exciting contest was furnished in the
second round, Messrs. Koehler and Roe-
thing being tied until towards the last,
while Nugent was still a possible winner.
Mr. Koehler, playing in excellent form,
achieved six straight victories, including
that over Roething, and a draw with Nu-
gent, in the final game, secured him the
championship.
Mr. Roething, the second prize winner,
did not lose a single game in the first
round, but made four draws. He played
fine chess in the second half, until a draw
with Mr. Nugent put him half a point be-
hind the leader, and in the deciding game
with the latter he let victory slip from his
grasp. The game will be found elsewhere.
Mr. Nugent won third prize. He played
some very good games, but was not precise
enough with the weaker contestants. The
full score follows :
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Metropolitan Chess Club*
The spring handicap of the Metropolitan
Chess Club attracted 15 entries. Accord-
ing to program only four rounds were
played, with the following results :
WON.
WON.
Dr. Honegger 4 Hirsch i4
R. Raubitschek 4 Dahlheim 1
J. Kahn 3J Schroeter 1
Davis 3 Goetze 1
Metzger 3 Will 1
Deen 2 Tannenbaum 1
Pieczonka 2 Klein o
Drescher 2
Mr. Robert Raubitschek won in playing
T the tie by a score of 2 to o.
Powhatan Club, Richmond, Va+
The handicap tournament was won by
Dr. Otto Meyer ; Mr. G. R. London took
second and Mr. F. A. Spence third prize.
Mr. C. W. MacFarlane was entitled to the
special prize for the best score against the
prize winners, but resigned it in favor of
the next best score, made by Mr. C. M.
Wallace, Jr. The score :
WON. LOST.
Dr. Meyer i8# #
London 14^ 3^
Spence 17 6
McFarlane 10 6
Mays 11 8
Mcjones I2# 9^
Hayden 5 4
Wood 7 6
PR. CT.
974
806
739
625
579
568
555
533
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Hartford vs. Fairfield County.
Hartford, May 4. — One of the largest,
if not the most important, chess tourna-
ments held in this State for some time took
place at Jewell Hall. The combined chess
teams from Bridgeport and Norwalk played
ihe combined Hartford and New Britain
teams. The score :
Hartford and
Board. New Britain.
1. Ring(H) o
2. Calhoun (H) 1
3. Kirkham(NB). 1
4. Olmstead(H)... o
5. Risteen(H) 1
6. Huntington (H). \
7. StorrsfH) o
8. Middlemas(N.B) J
9. Saunders (H).... o
Total...
Bridgeport and
Norwalk.
Baldwin (N) 1
Dickerson (N) c
Gotthardt IB) <
Wilson (B) 1
Mulvihill (N) c
Rogers (B)
Challenger (B) 1
Maples (N)
Northrop (B^ t
Total «
PLAYERS. WON. LOST. PR. CT.
4 Willett l5% 6% .705
5 Gnswold 14 8 .636
6 Thompson 11 n .500
Worcester vs. Springfield.
The Worcester Y. M. C. A. Chess and
Checker Club finished its chess season of
unbroken victories by defeating the Spring-
field Y. M. C. A. Chess and Checker Club
for the second time by a score of 9,% to
6)4- Both sides played exceptionally well.
The games between Calhoun and Dick-
erson and Huntington and Rogers were
adjudicated. In the former the Hartford
man having two Pawns advantage and a
superior position, obtained the decision.
The other game was drawn, the position
being considered equal. A return match
is soon to be played at Bridgeport.
A minor match was going on at the same
time between Springfield and Middletown
players. Two games were played on each
board except the first. The score :
Springfield. Middletown
1. Jacobus } Mylchrees.. J
2. Newcomb 1 Duby 1
3. Gratnkim ij Baldwin \
4. Hutchinson r Hopkins I
No. Worcester.
1. E, R. Perry 2
2 G. R. McNamara c
3. E. L. Parker
4. A. R. Brigham...
5 A. H. Holway... 1
6. R. A. Coan 1
Springfield.
H. O. Newcome... o
L.F. Beach 2
E. Gransieio 1
S A. Bungs
C. Jacobus. 1
B.W. Hutchinson.
Total 8J Total 6$
First Round- 9 First Round 5
Grand Total 17J Grand Total uj
Total .
Total .
Urbana Chess Club.
The tournament started with sixteen en-
tries. Messrs. Mitchell, H. MacCracken,
Oonk and Hearn, however, failed to play
the full schedule, and all games played by
them were stricken from the score. F. B.
Patrick was the winner of the first prize,
and T. Chowning of the second. F. E.
Valentine won the first prize. Class " B "
and John H. James, Jr., second. The
score of the leaders follows :
['LA VERS. WON. LOST. PR. CT.
i Patrick 19 3 .864
3 Chowning 17 5 .773
3 Kenaga „ I6# 5% .750
Effie— ■' Please, Uncle Arthur, do come and
play chess with me."
Uncle Arthur — "Oh, Effie! Don't you re-
member? It's Sunday."
Effie-*' Well, we can let the Bishop win!"—
Pall Mall Budget.
Montreal. — The match by telegraph
between the Montreal Club and Orillia, 9
players a side, resulted in each team win-
ning 1 game, while 5 were drawn and 3 left
over for adjudication Of these 2 were
awarded to Montreal and 1 declared a
draw. Montreal thus wins the match by
6 to 4.
At the annual meeting of the Heather
Chess Club it was unanimously agreed to
change the name in the charter of incor-
poration from the "Heather" to the
•'Westmount Chess Club." The club is
in a sound condition financially, and there
are more really active members on the roll
than in previous years.
The following officers were elected for
1897-98 : President, Mr. J. R. Walker ;
vice-president, Mr. William Hall ; second
vice-president, Mr. J. A. Cuttle ; Messrs.
E. C. Pratt and E. B. Kirkham were re-
elected treasurerand secretary respectively.
The Cercle St. Denis broke even with
the Orillia Chess Club in a team match,
16 on each side. Summaries :
Orillia. Cercle St. Denis.
A. T. Stephenson... % C. Germain %
Rev. G. Grant % J. E. Lamer ,..%
CD CorbouUi 1 J. J. Pelletier o
C. E.Grant % O. Trempe %
A. M. Snellgn iv c. .. 1 G. Breeze o
C. Corbould <4 E. E. Kent %
D.Thomson 1 G. H. Kent o
C. E. Hammond — '/■, Dr. Lamoreau .%
Dr. Ilarrie o A.Germain.. t
I.Day H E. St. Maurice.. ... <4
R. Hallen.. >4 A. P. Beauthcmin ..'i
Dr. Kennedy . 1 Dr. Dugal o
H.M.Christie o K. Faveau 1
C. G. Wilson u R. J Logan 1
S J. Saunders . o H. L'Auclair. 1
D. McCorkindale ..% A. I.. Kent >4
The Cercle St. Denis, on the comer of
St. Catherine and St. Denis Streets, held a
most enjoyable open meeting for members
and their friends at their club rooms. The
occasion was the inauguration of the chess
department in its new form. The club has
always been in some measure noteworthy
for this branch, but quite recently the
management, under the direction of the
enthusiastic president, Mr. Z. Tut1 pin,
largely extended the space allotted to
chess players, and being desirous of for-
mally opening the section in its reorgan-
ized condition, invited a number of well-
known local chess enthusiasts to join their
members in a friendly meeting. There
was a large attendance, and, in addition to
several matches of chess, two well-known
amateur billiard players gave a splendid
exhibition of the game. The Cercle St.
Denis is one of the leading French-Cana-
dian social clubs, and its rooms are superb
in their appointments.
*
The first round of the match between
the Westmount Club and the " Cercle St.
Denis" Chess Club, ten players on each
side, was played on May 15, at the rooms
of the Wesimount Club, 4190 St. Cather-
ine Street, and resulted as follows:
Westmount C. C.
R. Short 1
D. C Robertson .1
W. Vaughan 1
K. Boissevain .... .... o
V. Barry .%
E. B. K.rkham I
O. L. Fuller 1
E. C. Pratt 1
J. A. Johnson 1
. A. Cuitlc %
Total 8
St. Denis C. C.
W. Kurrie a
C. Germain... o
1. E. I "■ o
J. Pelleiier t
H.Bertrand H
H. Blanchard o
A. heachemin o
A Masse o
A. Germian o
O. Trempe >4
Total 1
The return match was played in the St.
Denis Chess Club-rooms on Saturday,
May 29.
Orillia Club,Ont. — The Easter Tour-
nament of the Orillia Chess Club, open to
residents in the counties of Simcoe, Mus-
koka and Parry Sound, was won by Mr.
David Thomson, who played well through-
out, and was defeated only once, by Mr.
Hay, last year's winner. The victory of
the genial secretary was very popular and
well deserved. The first prize was a cup,
value $100. Last year's winner was Mr.
A. Hay, of Barrie.
Mr. C. E. Grant was the winner of the
special prize offered in his group, getting
six straight wins.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
On June 30 a meeting to decide the
championship of Canada will be held by
the club, and all the leading clubs will be
represented. Among the entries so far
received are : Mr. Saunders, Toronto Club ;
Messrs. Davison and Goldstein, Dissette's
Chess Circle, Toronto ; Mr. Davies, Hea-
ther Club, and Mr. Germain, Cercle St.
Denis, Montreal ; Messrs. Narraway, An-
drews and Hales, of the Ottawa Club ; Mr.
Hay, Barrie ; Mr. Judd, Hamilton. The
Chess Editors of the Montreal Gazette and
Witness also have promised to be present.
The Orillia Club's players will be chosen
by the committee. It is three years since
there has been such a meeting in Canada.
Mr. Maurice Juda gave a simultaneous
at the Orillia Club, winning 4, losing and
drawing 2 games.
Mr. C. E Hammond has resigned to
Mr. Street in the Ottawa- Orillia corre-
spondence match. The score now stands
ti to 9 in favor of Orillia. There is still
one game unfinished ; that between Messrs.
C. E. Grant and J. E. Andrews.
*
Toronto.— There is a great revival in
chess. One of the centres of the royal
game is Mr. R. Dissette's hotel, where
there is a chess circle, and play is going
on every afternoon. The Athenaeum Club,
too, has been active since its telegraph
match with Orillia. The chess works at
the Public Library are constantly in
demand.
St. Andrew's Society was defeated by
the Winnipeg Chess Club as follows :
Winnipeg, St. Andrew's,
Spencer a Salvin o
Rorke o Bruce 1
Elkhardt... 1 Mcl>ermott ... 1
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Pattison 1 Hill 1
R. J. Spencer is the champion of Mani-
toba, having won the handsome trophy
presented by Mr. Drewry.
MR. CHANDLER.
Mr. Chandler, one of the oldest and
most highly respected members of the Buf-
falo Chess Club, died a few months since.
Although not one of the strongest players,
he was, nevertheless, very fond of the
game, and kept up an interest in it until
shortly before his death. He was a man
of fine literary attainments, of a warm-
hearted, kindly disposition, and thought a
great deal of by all club members.
JAMES ABBOTT.
James Abbott, who was intimately con-
nected with chess in Philadelphia since the
days of Mr. Veztn at the Athenaeum,
passed away at the advanced age of 87.
Mr. Abbott was a strong player in his day,
but of late years he gave up hard chess.
DR. C. SCHMIDT.
Dr. Carl Schmidt, a noted chess player
and theoretician, died at Blascovitz, near
Dresden, Saxony, in his 57th year. Dr.
Schmidt was president of the Dresden
Chess Club. He wrote a number of analyti-
cal articles for the Deutsche Sckachzeitung .
HERMAN LEHNER.
Herman Lehner died at Vienna, after a
prolonged sickness. He began his career
as a merchant, but afterwards devoted
himself entirely to literature — novelistic and
chess. He edited the Wiener Sckachzei-
lungbom 1872101875. In 1879 he issued
a magazine, Oestreicheische Lese Halle,
devoted to fiction and to chess. Aside of
his chess editorial work, he wrote some
analytical articles and an essay on problem
composition. Lehner, jointly with Dr.
Schwede, published the book of the Vienna
Chess Congress of 1873. Of late he was
but little in touch with the outside world,
owing to his ailment.
F. DUBBE.
Frederick Dubbe, one of the leading
German problematists, died at Rostock on
April 17, at the age of 51 years. He was
most prolific, his compositions numbering
well nigh 800. Among them not a few
were prize winners in problem tourna-
ments.
THE THEORY OF END PLAY.
I.
ROOK AND BISHOP AGAINST ROOK.
The ending of Rook and Bishop against
Rook is not unconditionally won. On the
contrary, the win, as a rule, can only be
forced in corner positions, where the Kings
oppose one another on any but the two
Knight's files. It can be safely assumed
that the King of the weaker party cannot
be driven from the middle of the board to
an unfavorable corner position ; theoreti-
cally, the game is, therefore, generally
drawn. In the practice, however, the
attack has many chances, for Rook and
Bishop are more apt to drive the adverse
King into a corner than Rook and Knight ;
furthermore, in all corner positions, even if
presenting a theoretical draw, there are
always exceptions to be found, and lastly,
the defence is very difficult, and for that
reason often fails.
The defence, however, is here clearly
favored, by the rule that the stronger party,
on demand, must mate within fifty moves.
It cannot be ascertained how many moves
it takes to force the hostile King into a cor-
ner ; besides, it has been demonstrated by
researches, that there are some corner posi-
tions wherein it takes more than fifty moves
to effect a mate.
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(1807) was first to demonstrate a possible
win. but he went too far when he pro-
nounced the ending as generally won for
the attack. It may be noted here, that he
committed the same error in considering
the ending of Queen against Rook and
Pawn. Subsequent researches by Lolli,
the Berlin Amateurs (1780), Chapais,
Labourdonnais, Von Bilguer, Kling and
Kuiper, Zytogorsky, Rusckow, Centurini,
Mosar and others, have made it quite clear
as to which position can be won by the
stronger party and which are legitimate
draws.
The foregoing position is by Philidor ; as
well as the ingenious process by which
white tries to win and in some instances
accomplishes victory.
It is noticeable that the defending Rook
has been posted on the second row to cut
off the adverse King. A win is, therefore,
only possible with white to move, as
pointed out by the Amateurs, Berlin, 1780.
The attack, 1 B— B 6 is refuted by 1...,
R— Q 2 ch, for if 2, BxR black's King is
stalemated. Were black in possession of
a Pawn (for instance at Q R 5), his game
would be lost right off on account of that
attack (1 B— B 6). As it is, white must
play as follows :
I.
1 R— B 8 ch R— K sq
2 R— B 7 R— K 7
In order to win, white must drive the adverse
Rook either to K 8 or K 6. The defence 2...,
R— R sq would be bad. as 3 R— Q R 7. R— R 3
ch; 4 B— K 6 would decide the game forthwith.
3 R— K Kt 7 R— K 8
If 3..., R— K 6, white continues in the same
manner, only he would be able to play R — Q 7
already on his fifth move (in reply to 4... R— Q
B 6).
If 3... R— K sq, then 4 R— Q R 7.
4 R— Q Kt 7 R— Q B 8
If 4.. K— B sq; 5 R— Q R 7, R— Q Kt 8; 6 R—
K B 7, K— Kt sq; 7 R— B 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 8 R— R
8 ch, K— Kt 3; 9 R— Q Kt 8 ch winning the
Rook; or, 6.. R— Kt 3 ch; 7 B— B6, K— Kt sq;
8 R— B 8 ch, K— R 2; 9 R— Q R 8 mate.
5 B— Kt3 R— QB6
This move, from a French manuscript by
Chapais, enables black to hold out longest.
If 5... K— B sq, then 6 R— Kt 4 (menacing
B— K 6 ch), K— Q sq; 7 R— K B 4, R— K 8; 8
B— R 4, K— B sq; 9 B— B 6, R— Q 8 ch; 10 B—
Q 5, K— Kt sq; 11 R— Q R 4, etc.; or 7... K—
B sq; 8 B— Q 5, K— Kt sq; 9 R— Q R 4, etc.
5 B-K6 R— Q6ch
7B-Q5 R-QB6
If 7... K— B sq ; 8 R— QR 7, see above.
8 R— Q 7 ch K— B sq
Black cannot play 8... K— K sq because after
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R— K Kt 7 he has no more, the resource
-K B 6.
9 R—K B 7
10 R-Kt 7 ch
11 R— Kt4
K— Kt sq
K— Bsq
K-Qsq
If 11... R— £ 6 (to prevent B— K 6 ch) then
12 R— Q R 4 is decisive.
12 B-B 4 K— B sq
13 B— K 6 ch, and mates in two moves.
In this relatively simple solution which takes
not more than fifteen moves, the Rook has oc-
cupied seven files (Q R to K Kt). Of course it
is only in the centre position where the Rook
is afforded such scope. More favorable for the
defence is the position of the Kings on the
Bishop's files. Nevertheless white wins auite
easily, as has already been demonstrated by
Lolli in 1763.
II.
1 R— K 8 ch
2 R-K7
II.
R-Qsq
R—K Kt sq
2..., R— R sq loses as follows : 3 B — Q 6, Any ;
4 R-Q R 7, K— K sq ; 5 R— R 8 ch.
3 R-Q R 7 K— Kt sq
3..., R— Kt 7 ch; 4, B-Q 6 followed by 5
R— R 8 mate or winning the Rook.
4 R— Kt 7 ch K— R sq
(4..., K— B sq then 5, B— Q 6)
5 B— Q 6 R— B sq ch
If I...R— Kt 8 then 6 R— Kt 8 ch, K— R 2 ;
7 R—K R 8 followed by 8 B-B 5 ch or if 7...
R-Kt 3, 8 R— R sq. If 5... R— Kt 2 (with a
view of bringing about a stalemate) then 6 R —
Kt 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 7 R— Ktsq, K— R sq ; 8 R—
K sq. 5... R — K R sq or K sq or Q sq would
be even worse because of 7 R — Kt sq.
6 B— B 7 R—K Kt sq or R sq
(If 6... RxB then 7 RxR)
7 R— Kt sq R— Kt 3 ch
8 B— Q 6 R— Kt 2
9 R—K sq R—K R 7, K B 7 or Q Kt 7
(q R-K 7 ioBxR)
10 R—K 8 ch K— R 2
11 B — B 5 ch and mates in two moves.
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This defence was not feasible in Position II
because of 4 R— Q R 7. If 3 ... R— Q 8 then
4 R — Q R 7 as in Position I with the difference,
however, that after 4... R— Q Kt 8, 5 B— R 3,
K — Kt sq white does not continue with 6 R — Q
R 4, but with 6 R—K 7, K— R sq ; 7 R—K 4,
R — Kt 2 ; 8 R — Kt forcing either the adverse
King or Rook to abandon his favorable posi-
tion. Lolli here points out a mate in 4 moves.
8... K— R 2 or R— Kt 8 ; 9, R—K 5 ch, K— Kt
sq ; 10, B — Q 6 ch, etc., or 8...K — Kt sq or R —
K R 2 ; 9, R—K 8 ch followed by 10, B— B 5 ch.
If 3... R— Q 8 ; 4 R—Q K 7, K— Kt sq (in-
stead of R— Q Kt 8) ; then 5 R— R 4, R—Q B
8; 6 R — K 4 wins even speedier. The main
play, too, is shorter as compared with Position
I. 5 B— R 3, R—Q Kt 6 ; 6 B— Q 6, R— B6ch ;
7 B— B 5, R—Q Kt6; 8 R— B 7, K— Kt so ;
9 R — K B 7, for Dlack cannot escape to the left.
4 B— K 7 R—K Kt sq
If 4... R — K sq white may play 5 R — B 5 or
B — Q 6, as black cannot escape to K sq via Q sq,
in reply to 6 R — Q R 7.
5 R— B 5 K— Kt sq
Or 5... R— Kt 3 ch ; 7 B— Q 6, R— Kt sq ; 7
R—Q R 5 ; or 5... R moves ; 6 R—Q R 5, fol-
lowed by B — Q 6 ch.
6 B— Q 6 ch K— B sq
7 R— QRsorQKts Any
8 R— R 8 mate
In variation {a) the defence can last at the
most 13 moves, in variation {b) at most 12
moves, but there are more sub- variations than
in Position I.
( To be Continued. )
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Naught that mystery betrays ;
Tete-a-tete in game of chess,
Who their hearts' true state can guess?
She is Queen, he is her King •
In her heart dwells balmy spring,
Pledged in love with heart and hand,
Dreaming, roam in fancy's land.
Knight and Castle there are hers,
No wonder her heart's blood stirs ;
Bishop will command some day
Thou shalt " love, honor and obey !"
Holding love in safest pawn, ™ ,
In their mind the future's drawn ; ■ |
Each goes intent to his fate, g :
Knowing one must soon cry ''mate.'" «s«
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A QUEEN OF CHESS.
Adapted From a Story by Ray Garrick.
THE OPENING.
The midsummer meeting of the State
Chess Association was to open in a couple
of days. The programme was unusually
attractive, its two novel features being a
women's championship tournament, for
which an exquisite belt had been provided
as first prize, and a ''mixed handicap,"
wherein the ladies were to receive odds
from the so-called stronger sex. The pros-
pectus also described in glowing terms the
beauties of Kingstown-by-the-Sea (where
the tournaments were to be held) and its
surroundings, and filled us with visions of
sea baths, waterfalls, moonshine parties
and the thousand and one delightful things
one enjoys in the country. After some
preliminary consultations with each other,
we decided to get a few real holidays, un-
manned by chess trudgery. So we tele-
graphed to "The Casdes" (that was the
pet name we gave the hotel at Kingstown,
where the midsummer meeting was to be
held) for rooms, and arrived there about
one week before the opening of the tourna-
ment. But we had reckoned without the
weather-clerk — it rained and rained. There
seemed no prospect of gaining a smile
from the sun. The tides came up and the
tides went back with aggravating regular-
ity, and we, who had come with glorious
anticipations, had to content ourselve with
surveying Kingstown-by-the-Sea through
a mist of tears.
As for attractions. The local news
agency was combined with a library at the
rear as large as a kitchen pantry, with all
the standard works thrown in. But we
hadn't come to read. The hotel offered
1 ' recherche* luncheons, ' ' ' ' table d' kote ' ' or
ilala carle," but we hadn't come to lunch.
So we did the only thing that was left to us
—we played chess.
From morning till night the gossip rang
concerning ' * Gambits " and * * passed
pawns." One would have thought that
" Ruy Lopez " and " Fianchetto's " were
a sort of confection, so devouringly did the
ladies hold every scrap of chess phrase-
ology.
And it rained mercilessly.
Some of the fellows, for sheer despera-
tion, took to problems composing, especially
young Randolph, who vainly tried to make
sound an initial problem, which he wanted
to inscribe to his lady-love. At last, some
one was struck by a bright idea. Let us
play a series of consultation games, one
man and one lady at each board. The sug-
gestion met with general favor, and it was
decided to start first thing in the morning.
*
A BOLD MOVE.
It was after breakfast, we had formed
partners with the ladies and as usual I was
odd man out, or, in the vernacular of chess,
"a bye." As I gazed at my lucky com-
panions sitting close to their partners,
whispering soft words, something like rage
and envy filled my breast. I fretted a good
deal, and how I managed to get alonj?
without swearing, I don't know (perhaps I
did — who knows). Suddenly a striking
female figure — clad in immaculate white —
bore down upon us.
" 1 hope I don't disturb your party (all
the fellows with hats off), but would any of
you like to play me a game of chess ? " she
said, looking aslant at me.
Bill Douglas — the only married man in
the company, and apparently smitten with
the lady's charms — was about to suggest
that*-
To be brief, I interrupted him.
" Excuse me, I am not playing at pres-
ent," I said haughtily.
That clinched the matter. To my sur-
prise not a trace of annoyance was visible
on the lady's face ; and as she scored game
after game, I kept wishing to be mated —
though in quite another sense.
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"What a figure," suggested Bill, over
his cocktail at "The Castle," a real
44 White Queen."
"And she makes combinations, twelve
moves deep," ventured George Potts — a
beginner.
4 ' I never thought a woman could play
chess, but she can," was the casual
throw-in of Jim Fechney.
And so they went on in that strain.
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The day after to-morrow the tournament
was to begin. As I sat in the bar at "The
Castle" scanning the evening paper this
met my eye amongst
CHESS TABLE TALK.
"A party of crack players, who intend
to participate in the coming tourneys, hav-
ing been kept indoors by the heavy showers,
have whilea away their time with numer-
ous games, some of sterling quality. Some
interest attaches itself to one of the ladies.
It is rumored among the knowing ones that
she is a lady professional incog. Our rep-
resentative is to approach her on the sub-
ject."
The mysterious speculativeness ot this
paragraph renewed my interest in the lady.
In the name of Lasker, Pillsbury and
Black bu me, what goddess of the chess
board had been unearthed? No one
seemed to share her acquaintance, yet she
appeared charming, clever and entertain-
ing.
I had mused myself into restlessness. It
was evening ; I was in that mood familiar
to chess players, no less than other prigs
of humanity, as "the blues." I wanted
to consult my own feelings, uninfluenced
by the distracting companionship of the
boys. The fact is, I was interesting myself
greatly in the strange lady — and I — well,
never mind.
I sought the sweet open air of the hills.
It was a beautiful August evening. The
delightful ozone mingled with the scent of
broom and rain-washed grass. It was a
time to grow poetical. It was a time for
philosophic reflection-— and cool drinks.
A distant band was playing that most
exquisitely sad melody, "Trinity Church,"
and as I passed an open window there
drifted out the melodious strains of a very
much over-played pianoforte. A band of
jolly dogs was burlesquing, with strange
and hideous obligates, the chess craze, to
the tune of " After the Ball."
" After your game is over
And you're mated on some spot
You find you're not such a terror
As at first you really thought "
I should have liked my friends to have
heard that song.
A COMBINATION.
So I sauntered on a good bit from the
town and, selecting a retired spot behind
the whins, sat down to read, or rather to
leisurely turn the pages of a volume I had
brought with me. It was all chess — evi-
dently the work of a chess maniac. How
I should have liked to have killed the au-
thor.
She c
e thro' the mist and the r;
What the deuce ! Out of the realms of
romance ; out of the depths of poesy — and
chess. She had come. What spirit had
bewitched the place ?
" Pardon my interrupting your studies"
(she evidently took the volume for a Book
on Openings), "but observing you were
alone I thought I should like to ask," she
said, peering at me over the tall gorse,
"the privilege of a few words with you."
"As many as you please," I gushed,
offering her part of my seat as she pulled
her skirts daintily from the clasp of the
whins.
" Let me ask pardon at once for having
placed you in a position of some embarrass-
ment when I first introduced myself."
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" You see," I said in awkward explana-
tion, " I don't very much care about chess,
and—"
"Thank goodness I" she interrupted.
"I (elt sure of it." Her power of divina-
tion surprised me.
"I am really," I continued, my eyes
resting shyly on the balloon sleeves of her
charming jersey, "a sort of a — "
" A duffer !" she suggested querulously.
My chin was elevated disdainfully, but
one bright glance convinced me that she
meant well.
"Duffer," she repeated, "a technical
expression, meaning-—"
"Thanks," I said, " spare me the defini-
tion. That was the reason I was unwilling
to take the risk of playing one who might,
lor all I know, be a professional."
"So then," she said, brightening up,
' ' you have seen those silly comments in the
evening paper?"
" I have," I replied quietly.
"Then," drawing close to my shoulder,
my heart beating the while, " may I make
a confession?"
"THE SACRIFICE.
I wondered what was coming.
"I — am not — what the people of this
place think me — a professional. / never
played chess in my life. I learned the
moves watching my father and brothers
play — that's all."
"What!" I exclaimed, "you really
don't mean — You yourself offered to
join our party to-day."
" Yes, I know ; it was a bold move."
"But what possible reason could have
induced you ? '
"Seek not to know, my dear friend. It
was a foolish bet of mine. I expected to
have met some people here, but something
has delayed them. The utter loneliness of
my situation suggested to me that I might
seek the companionship of players. Even
if I had endeavored to play I might not
still have reaped the result of my venture-
someness."
"After all, then, there is something worse
than an unconscionable ' duffer, ' " I said,
not very gallantly, I fear.
Assuming all at once a tragic air, " Will
you save me from humiliation?" she asked.
I was still mystified.
"lam," she continued, "as you know
now, a sham chess player.
" Pardon my Interrupting your Biudlaj "
" That is not compulsory," I suggest.
" Would you have me walk out amongst
the crack players of Kingstown and pro-
claim the iact that I am no chess player ?' '
"Still, there are some who call them-
selves chess players and perhaps play a
deal worse," I said by way of soothing
her.
" I have received an invitation to give a
simultaneous exhibition to-morrow, and I
cannot accept. I can't stay here until
then. I would be the laughing stock ol
the place. ' '
Just then a great longing that she would
stay was beginning to possess me.
"IN CHECK.
" I wish, therefore, to go away quietly."
"Why, what need you ?" I gasped.
" Ask no questions, please. I must
really go to-night."
"To night !" was the only thing I could
reiterate.
"Yes; will you do me a kindness ?"
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I leaped to my feet as an expression 01
unqualified fidelity.
* * Go to my rooms, then, at once. There
are the keys. Take my portmanteau and
the other things you see there. Accom-
pany me then as far as the second station
from here ; a train leaves there in half an
hour, and — you will see me safely away."
There was a spice of mischief about the
thin£ that rather captivated me. And the
leonine glance in her eye was the finishing
move. Off I rushed.
* * * * *
Of all that she said on the way to Fen-
tonfield the vista of memory conveys at
this time no distinct recollection.
" How can I ever forget your kindness ?"
she gushed as I emerged from the ticket
office.
The porters bent to the ground in silent
adoration ; and I felt naturally proud to
be the chosen convoy of such a dear.
" No, thank you ; I will take the pack-
ages with me," she said, in response to my
solicitous endeavors to hand these to the
van.
I see her sweet face still peering out of
that carriage window. I listen to the prom-
ised remembrances whispered therefrom,
and mingling with the balmy fragrance of
the summer evening. I hear the tender
invitation to " Come and see me in town."
And I read the address on the card she
flung out to me as the train steamed away :
Lilian Rivers,
23 Ashgrove Terrace.
But 23 Ashgrove Terrace knew her not.
"FOOLS-MATE."
Next day there was reported to the police
of Kingstown a long series of missing valu-
ables, evidently purloined by some person
or persons unknown. Some of my own
little treasures were amongst the number ;
but I was careful to avoid making com-
plaint. Of the evening walk to Fenton-
field no one in Kingstown was aware.
Jottings*
There are 9 players in the spring tour-
nament of the Washington, D. C. , Chess
Club. At our going to press, Mr. Harris,
of Alexandria, Va , was considered a sure
winner.
A match, 7 games up, for $100 a side,
is in progress between Messrs. N. Jasno-
grodski and Otto Roething. The former
won the first and second, the latter the
third. The match is played at the Man-
hattan and Cosmopolitan Clubs alternately.
The tournament at the Powhatan Club,
Richmond, Va., was won by Dr. Otto
Meyer, with a perfect score. The other
prizes are in doubt.
The match between Messrs. Breul and
Cunningham at the Providence Chess Club
resulted in a victory for Mr. Breul, the
final score being Breul 5, Cunningham 3,
drawn 1.
S. H. Chadwick, secretary of the Brook-
lyn Chess Club, defeated R. S. Otto in a
match by the score of 7 to 4, 1 draw.
Messrs. Dunbar and Teimer, both mem-
bers of the Altoona Club, are playing a
match of 7 games up, draws not to count.
So far each one has won 2 games.
Mr. Louis Bernstein met with nine play-
ers at the room of the Newark Progressive
Chess Club. He played very rapidly, and
finished all of the games in two hours,
winning eight and drawing with H.
Schledkyler.
*
Marion. — Pension Examiner D. C. Ar-
nold played a match at Odaker's drug
store with Isaac Field, of New York, the
latter winning by the score of 8 to 3. Mr.
William Van Allen acted as referee.
Rev. C. F. Morse, ot St. Johnsbury,
Vt. , defeated L. S. Atkinson, of Franklin,
N. H. , in a set match, 5 to o.
The Franklin Club defeated the Mercan-
tile Library Association in a team match
1 1 to 5.
Although unknown to fame.
Both play a real good game
Of chess, yet now are wroth.
Because a stranger thought
e player :
not the w
Of decent men ; 'tis rude
In our game to intrude,
I want you, list, to know
You must leave us and go."
The looker on howe'er
Claims that this is not fair,
He thinks it is his right
Suggestions to indite.
"Get out," says waiter Pat,
" Here's your umbrella and hat."
The two resume their game,
To the stranger's just Hie same
Through the window watches,
Glimpse of movements catches.
" Now mate him," yells the fellow,
Smashes window with umbrella.
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••••AN ACROSTIC- •••
MR. CHAS. A. GILBERG, THE DISTINGUISHED AMATEUR, IS PLAYING WITH MR. CHAS. A. GIL-
BERG, THE PRESIDENT OF THE MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB, WHILE MR. CHAS. A. GILBERG,
THE EMINENT PROBLEM-COMPOSER, IS AN INTERESTED ONLOOKER.
Ghess, — ancient game— in modern ways
Here can be seen. A man here plays
A game, with whom? Upon my word,
Remarkable things I've seen and heard,
Ltet me, however, here confess:
Ere now 1 did not know that Chess
*-J Should be a game that can be played
< A'one, without a partner's aid.
Great, greater still my wonder grows,
I find our friend here with the rose
Ixooks also on, a triune play ;
Bewildered, I the scene survey.
Employed may be here magic's art,
Real is the beating of my heart,
Greeting here Gilberg's counterpart.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
William Steinitz.
Mr. William Steinitz arrived in
this city aboard the Pennsylvania
on May 20. On May 14 a ban-
quet in honor of his 60th birthday
was given by the officers of the
ship and the cabin passengers, and
he was presented with a piece of
silver plate and a chess board
made out of marchpane by the
ship's confectioner.
The past-master is in the best of
health and spirits, notwithstanding
the gruesome experience he had
undergone in Russia.
Mr. Steinitz will devote himself
to literary work, but he intends
also to take part in the inter-
national tournament at Berlin, from
which, we hope, he will come out
with flying colors.
The Ladies* Chess T<
The first international chess tournament
for women players will be held in London
during the Queen's Jubilee, commencing
June 22. The arrangements are all com-
pleted.
The tournament is under the patronage
of her Royal Highness, Princess Charles
of Denmark (Prmcess Maud of Wales),
Lord Russell of Kilowen (Lord Chief Jus-
tice of England), the Lord and Lady
Mayoress of London, and other notables.
Lady Newnes is president of the Tourna-
ment Committee, and Mrs. Rhoda Bowles,
match captain of the Ladies' Chess Club,
is secretary.
There are six prizes, sixty, fifty, forty,
thirty, twenty and fifteen pounds, and a
brilliancy prize offered by Baron Albert de
Rothschild of twenty pounds sterling. The
first prize was contributed by Sir George
Newnes, who has taken a deep interest in
the tournament, the second by Mr. Pills-
burv. The entrance fee is two guineas.
The tournament will be played at the
Hotel Cecil for six days, but the final
rounds will be decided at the Ideal Caf&,
the headquarters of the Ladies' Chess
Club. The prospectus states that it will be
a one round tournament ; two games a
day ; time limit twenty moves an hour ;
hours of play from 1 to 5 P. M. and 7 to
11 P. M.
Mrs. Harriet Worrall, of Brooklyn, will
be the representative of this country.
She has a reputation for steady play, and
her friends believe she will not be far from
the top at the finish. Mrs. Worrall has
been in training for the tournament during
the last few months and is in good form.
She has played chess many years, at one
time contesting a great many games with
the late Captain Mackenzie at the odds of
a Knight. She also played a match with
Mrs. Nellie Showalter, which, however,
was not finished.
Originally the number of players was
limited to sixteen, but this had to be in-
creased to twenty-two, inasmuch as thirty
two women entered for the tourney. A
committee of three members from the Brit-
ish, City of London and Metropolitan
Chess Clubs have selected the following
women as eligible to play ;
America-^-Mrs. Worrall, Miss Foote (re-
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serve) ; Mrs. Showalter has also been se-
lected, but she will not play.
Canada — Mrs. Stevenson.
France — Mme. de Lavigne.
Germany — Frau Mullerhertungand Frau
Hertzsch.
Italy — Signorina Fagan.
Belgium — Mme. Marie Bonnenn.
England — Lady Thomas, Miss Radge,
Miss Field, Miss Fox, Miss Watson, Miss
Eschwege, Mrs. Sydney, Miss Thorold and
Miss Gooding. Miss Eschwege is of
German parentage, but was born in Eng-
land.
Scotland — Miss Forbes-Sharpe.
Ireland — Miss Finn and Mrs. Barry.
Reserves — Miss Hooke, Mrs. Vivian,
Mrs. Riadgrath and Mrs. Banling, all of
England.
Referee— H. N. Pillsbury, New York.
A Blindfold Chess Match at Parsloe's Coffee House in the (8th Century.
Progress within the last 50 years no-
where has become so apparent, prior
achievements never have been so com-
pletely edipsed as in the art of conducting
games without sight of board and men.
Morphy played eight games at Birming-
ham and Paris against a team selected from
the best talent in England and France, and
not only did he win an overwhelming ma-
jority of the games — six to one, one draw
— on each occasion, but his play was of
such a sterling quality that any master
might feel proud, had he played those
games over the board. A few years later
Louis Paulsen beat his own record by
playing 15 games, yet his feat was sur-
passed by Zukertort's sixteen. In the
present day we see Hodges and Pillsbury
play from six to ten games with apparent
ease. Blackburn's capacity for conduct-
ing blindfolded games is said to be unlim-
ited, while Tchigorin, Tarrasch, Schallopp
and Fritz repeatedly have played 10 games
with great success. Yet, it was not always
so. When Philidor had played one game
by memory, it was published in print be-
cause ' 'of its being a feat which never could
be duplicated by any one else," and later
on, when he played three games, his Gal-
lic admirers proclaimed it to be nothing
short of a miracle. Nowadays perform-
ances of from three to six games are noth-
ing unusual, even by Deibus Minorum
Gentium.
The scene of the accompanying illustra-
tion is Parsloe's Coffee House in the eigh-
teenth century, and it shows us how Chess
Sans Voir was conducted then. The per-
former is seated at the table opposite his
antagonists, and he is really blindfolded, as
if playing blind-man's-buff instead of chess.
The audience is enraptured, and even
the dog seems deeply impressed with the
grandeur of the performance.
<"-"^s
THE all-overshadowing event of the
year has been the match between
the two distinguished American
masters, Harry Nelson Pillsbury
and Jackson W. Showalter, played at the
Hamilton Club, Brooklyn, February 10 —
April 4. Quite a number of contests have
been consummated in this country, but
never before were the principals of such
high standing in the chess world, and at
the same time native Americans. Pills-
bury ranks among the first four masters
in the chess world, and he is considered
to be Lasker's most formidable, if not
only, rival for the championship in the
world. Showalter is the recognized
champion of this continent, having beaten
all but Pillsbury. The battle for supremacy
was the logical outcome of condition ; there
cannot reign a Ciesar and Pompeius.
The challenge came from Showalter,
who, like so many ot his American breth-
ren, did not realize how great a player
Pillsbury is. Pillsbury's rise in the chess
world was marvellous indeed. He became
known to the chess public at large in 1893,
and he at once proved himself to be one of
our strongest players, but not the strong-
est He won first prize in a tournament of
the City Chess Club (Hodges second, Sho-
walter third), but remained unplaced in
another (Stein itz first, Albin second, Sho-
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waiter third). He beat Showalter in the
League match, Brooklyn vs. City Chess
Club, but lost to him in the Buffalo tourna-
ment. Then came his triumph at Hastings.
The St. Petersburg tournament, wherein
he came out ahead of Lasker and Tchigorin
in their personal encounter, proved that
his victory at Hastings was no fluke, and
his winning third prize at Nuremberg and
Budapest dispelled all remaining doubts as
to his mastery. Upon his return, the pub-
lic hailed him as champion, for while some
of our other strong players may justly
claim of having made even games with
Pillsbury, none of them would be believed
to be able to duplicate his success abroad.
This opinion was substantiated by the poor
showing Showalter made in the inter-
national tournament at Nuremberg {$% to
ioj^), although it must be said, in justice
to the latter, that he always has been a
better match than tournament player, and
that he is wholly unaccustomed to fore-
noon play.
Pillsbury duly accepted the challenge,
and it was agreed to play for stakes of
$ 1, ocx-) a side, the player who first scores
seven or (in case the score stood 6 to 6)
ten games to be the victor. If each should
score 9, the match to be a draw. The
articles of agreement did not allude to the
championship of America. Pillsbury said
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at the time, " I was not seeking the match,
and even if I should win, I shall leave Sho-
walter in the possession of his champion
tide. I am not in search of any tide
but one," meaning the championship of
the world. Withal, the championship is
an empty title for a beaten man, and ever
since the Hastings tournament, Pillsbury
has been the American champion de facto
if not de jure.
The match with its vicissitudes caused
great excitement and surprise. Most chess
players thought that Pillsbury would gain
a speedy and overwhelming victory ; not a
few believed that he would beat Snowalter
7 to o, while more conservative guessers
placed the score at 7 to 3, or 4 at the
utmost. At first it looked as if these pre-
dictions would be fulfilled. The first was a
draw, but Achilles and Hector also were
unhurt after their first passage-at-arms. In
the second game Pillsbury clearly out-
played Showalter, and although the latter
escaped with a draw, it was a moral defeat.
Then came three straight wins for the
Bostonian, but in the next game he was a
little too confident, and was beaten. The
seventh and eighth also went to the Ken-
tuckian, and the score was a tie. Pillsbury
once more obtained the lead in the ninth,
but Showalter squared matters again in the
tenth. Pillsbury reassumed the lead in the
eleventh game, but two successive victories
put Showalter ahead, the score being
then 6 to 5, two draws. At this critical
juncture Pillsbury showed that he is made
of the right stuff; of the three following
games he won two and drew one. The
next four games it was nip and tuck
between them, each winning and losing
alternately. The twentieth and twenty-
first game went to Pillsbury, who won the
match by 10 to 8, three drawn.
The result was somewhat disappointing
for Pillsbury* s admirers, especially for
those who want to bring about a. match
between him and Lasker. While Sho-
walter' s score is looked upon by many as a
" moral " victory, we do not think that
Pillsbury has impaired his chances for a
match with Lasker. All he has to do is to
win a big international event and Lasker
must come to the scratch. As for Sho-
walter, he has proven a better player than
he has been given credit for. Still, we
doubt if he can duplicate his score in
another match with Pillsbury.
The chess played in this match, as a rule,
is of a high order. Pillsbury* s conduct of
some of the games is a model one, while
in others he proved rather venturesome,
and, contrary to his style, he often gave
up a Pawn for a future attack. Showalter
played with his wonted pluck and inge-
nuity, exhibiting great power of resource.
His fondness for a King's side attack by
Queen and Knight is noticeable. Those
who study the games from a theoretical
point of view will reap a rich harvest, for
the innovations are many. The most prac-
ticed opening was the Ruy Lopez, which
Pillsbury adopted four times, Showalter
five times. There Showalter introduced a
novelty (3... Kt — K B 3; 4 Castles, Kt x
P ; 5 P— Q 4, Kt-Q 3) ; 6 R-K sq, Kt
x B ; 7 Kt x P, but after 7... B— K 2 ; 8
B— Kt 5, K Kt x P ; 9 B x B, Kt x B ; 10
QxKt; black safely casded and held on
to the pawn. In subsequent games Sho-
walter modified his attack by 6. . . B — R 4,
of which more anon. Pillsbury also intro-
duced a novelty for the attack in the nine-
teenth game, which we print in full.
The Queen's Gambit was adopted six
times by Pillsbury. Showalter, of course,
declinea, his lines of development being
similar to those adopted by Lasker against
Steinitz in the Montreal series of their first
match. Later on he adopted moves intro-
duced by Teichman and Maroczy, though
in modified form. The Ponziani or Staun-
ton's opening was played thrice by Sho-
walter. In die first two games Pillsbury
tried experiments highly interesting for the
student, though at the time detrimental to
himself. The Stonewall opening was played
twice by Showalter. He drew one and lost
the other. The solitary Giuoco Piano,
4 Kt — Q B 3 and 5 P — Q 3 variation was
won by Pillsbury. The following is a table
of openings :
White Black
Openings Won. Won. Drawn Tot.
Ruy Lopez 3 5 1 9
Q. Gambit, Declined 3216
Ponziani 21 — 3
Stonewall — 112
Giuoco Piano 1 — — 1
Summary of the match :
Game. Openings. Moves. Winner.
1 Ruy Lopez 35 Drawn
2 P— Q 4 77 Drawn
3 Giuoco Piano 40 Pillsbury
4 Ruy Lopez 39 Pillsbury
5 Ruy Lopez 53 Pillsbury
6 Ruy Lopez 70 Showalter
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7 Ruy Lopez 34 Showalter
8 Ruy Lopez 23 ....Showalter
9 Queen's Gambit Dec 47 Pillsbury
10... .Ponziani 67 Showalter
11 Queen's Gambit Dec 66 Pillsbury
12 Ponziani 58 Showalter
13 Queen's Gambit Dec... 54 .... Showalter
14 Ponziani 60 Pillsbury
15 Queen's Gambit Dec 47 Drawn
16 Ruy Lopez 29 Pillsbury
17 Queen's Gambit Dec 91 Showalter
18 Ruy Lopez 40 Pillsbury
19 Ruy Lopez 72 Showalter
20 P— Q 4 - 48 Pillsbury
21 Queen's Gambit Dec. ..40 Pillsbury
Totals— Pillsbury, 10 ; Showalter, 8 ; Drawn, 3.
Pillsbury had the white pieces in the odd
numbered games and Showalter in the even
numbered games.
DESCRIPTION OF THE GAMES.
The initial game was opened by Pillsbury
with a rather tame variation of the Ruy
Lopez. Both shirked from taking any
risks, and on the thirty-fifth move the un-
eventful game was declared a draw. On
his turn Showalter made his debut with a
stonewall, but was outplayed in the open-
ing as well as the middle game and eventu-
ally lost a piece. Pillsbury, however,
missed a win in the following position :
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Showalter played P x P and Pillsbury
retook with the b. K — B 4 instead would
have won as he would have gained an
important move with his King while white's
P at K R 5 was sure to fall. Even later
on we think he would have won had he not
exchanged Pawns by P — K 4.
As actually pUyed Showalter ultimately
brought his Knight to Kt 2, from which
point that piece could always sacrifice itself
for defence. A draw was agreed upon on
the seventy-second move. The third game
brought a surprise, Pillsbury coming to the
front with a Giuoco piano, an opening
which he had never adopted before. In
the middle game white obtained a power-
ful attack against the advance King by
rushing his Pawns on the King's side.
Showalter, after vainly trying to stem the
tide by giving up the exchange, resigned
on the fortieth move. The next game
brought to light a new variation by Sho-
walter in the Ruy Lopez, namelv,3..., Kt —
K B 3 ; 4, casdes, Kt x P ; 5 P— Q 4, Kt
— Q 3 ; 6, R— K sq, Kt x B ; 7, Kt x P.
The venture, however, proved unsound;
white's attack came early to a halt, while
black with a Pawn to the good had a su-
periority of position On the Queen's side.
A subsequent error by Showalter on the
twenty-ninth move, which lost a second
Pawn, sealed his fete.
The fifth game was another Ruy Lopez,
Showalter resorting to Stemitz's defence,
3..., P— Q R 3 and 4..., P— Q 3- Black's
game labored under the disadvantage of
weak Pawns on the Queen's side and of
his inability to advance the Q P to his
fourth. On the twenty-eighth move Sho-
walter lost a piece and resigned twenty-five
moves later.
The Kentuckian next came forth with a
most remarkable innovation in the Ruy
Lopez (Berlin defence), namely, 5, P—Q 4,
Kt-Q 3 ; 6, B-R 4, P— K 5.; 7, R-K
sq. The books give the continuation, 7,
P — Q 5, which is favorable for the second
player, and for this reason few players
retired the Bishop to R 4 on the sixth
move. The game proceeded, 8, Kt — K 5,
castles ; 9, Kt — Q B 3, Kt — B 4, much in-
ferior to 9. .. , B — B3 played by Pillsbury
in the sixth game. Showalter eventually
recovered his Pawn and doubled Rooks on
the seventh row.
Owing to a venturesome manoeuvre with
his King:, Pillsbury was compelled to sacri-
fice a Bishop on the forty-fourth move to
avert mate, Showalter scoring his first win
after seventy moves.
Both players followed the most popular
lines of development in the seventh game,
a Ruy Lopez, but in the middle game Pills-
bury bv fine strategy obtained a winning
position. Unfortunately for him he slipped
up on his twenty-seventh move.
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The game proceeded : 27 (R Q sq) x B,
Kt — Kt 4 ; white overlooked this brilliant
rejoinder, which threatened Kt — B 6 ch as
well as Kt x R. White was obliged to play
28 R x Kt, whereupon black won the ex-
change with the superior position. After
28... RxR, Pillsbury, by 29QXR P (better
were B— R 3), enabled Showalter to finish
off in the following brilliant fashion : 29 R
(K 5)xP ; 30 QxP (B 4), R-B 8 ch ; 31
K— Kt 2, K R— B 7 ch ; 32 K— R 3,
Q-K 3 ch ; 33 R-Kt 4, R-K R 7 ;
Resigns.
27. R (K 5) x B instead would have won
without much difficulty.
The 8th game of the match is of the kind
most appreciated by the public, and it has
already made the trip around the world.
It is sure to be preserved among the 4< Bril-
liancies/' together with the masterpieces
by Morphy, Anderson, Zukertort and other
dashing players.
For six moves the game ran identical
with the sixth, when Pillsbury varied by
capturing the Queen's Pawn. Showalter
promptly sacrificed another Pawn and won
brilliantly in twenty-eight moves. The
game is printed in full.
With the score even, Pillsbury at last
resorted to his most effective weapon, the
Queen's Gambit. Showalter adopted an
unnecessary defensive development and
then lost time trying to effect exchanges,
especially of the Queens. As a result,
white obtained a strong attack, which ac-
curate play soon brought to a winning ad-
vantage. This put Pillsbury once more in
the lead.
Showalter for the first time in the match
adopted another of his favorite modes of
attack which he has hitherto pursued in
his public contests. It was expected that
he would, at the opportune time, play
Staunton's opening, which has done him
such excellent service in his matches with
Judd and Albin, and wherein he had beaten
Pillsbury at Buffalo in 1894. Pillsbury un-
successfully experimented with a novel de-
fence on his fourth move, got into a pre-
carious position and was beaten in sixty-six
moves. The Bostonian, however, regained
the lead in the eleventh game, a Queen's
Gambit declined. Pillsbury emerged from
the opening scramble with the better posi-
tion, eventually seized the open Q Kt file
with his Rook winning a Pawn on the
twenty-fourth move and ultimately the
game after an uphill ending of Rook and
Pawns against Rook and Pawns. Another
Staunton's opening was played in the
twelfth game, Pillsbury adopting Steinitz's
defence. His move, 7. . P — K 5, is advo-
cated in the 4* Modern Chess Instructor."
based on researches by Steinitz and Pills-
bury, and was unsuccessfully tried by the
latter against Showalter at Buffalo. His
following move, Q — Qsq, was another fatal
experiment. He had a very bad game
when, on the twelfth move, he gave up a
Pawn for an attack which, however, never
materialized. This is probably Pillsbury's
poorest game in the series.
In the thirteenth game Showalter de-
fended the Queen's Gambit as Teichman
did against Tarrasch in Nuremberg. Pills-
bury treated the opening part rather indif-
ferently, aiming for a King's side attack
while his opponent established a majority
of Pawns on the Queen's side. The attack
came to naught and Showalter won white's
weak Q P. Then white, bestirring himself,
fought with great determination and inge-
nuity, but Showalter, playing equally well,
achieved a well-merited victory in fifiy-
three moves.
Game fourteen was another Staunton,
but Pillsbury this time adhered to the regu-
lar defence and won a splendid game in
forty- nine moves. The score is printed in
full.
In game fifteen, Queen's Gambit de-
clined, Pillsbury varied his attack by re-
treating his Q B to B 4 on his eighth move.
Showalter, playing better chess than his
opponent, came out a Pawn to the good,
but on the twenty-eighth move failed to
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avail himself of the only move which would
have held the Pawn. The subsequent ex-
change of his K B for a Kt deprived him
of his last chance of winning, and the game
was drawn in thirty-eight moves.
In the sixteenth game Showalter reverted
to his innovation in the Ruy Lopez, but
Pillsbury had found the right way to meet
it. The score of the game is printed in full.
The seventeenth game saw Showalter
alter his defence to the Queen's Gambit
declined. He certainly outplayed Pills-
bury, and was enabled to establish a major-
ity of Pawns on the Queen's side, includ-
ing a strong Pawn QB P. After the ex-
change of Queens, Pillsbury managed to
obtain a passed K P, which, by queening,
was exchanged for black's queened QBP.
Pillsbury then temporarily won a Pawn,
but soon lost both his Rook's Pawns,
which made black one Pawn ahead. In
the ensuing ending black's R and B proved
stronger than the adverse, R and Kt, and
Showalter won after a long struggle, lasting
for ninety-two moves.
The eighteenth game was a Ruy Lopez
of the same character as the sixth, eighth
and sixteenth, but Pilkbury' s ninth move,
P— K B 3, varied from all the play of pre-
vious games. Showalter brought a daring
sacrifice of a piece, obtaining a vehement
attack, but Pillsbury defended admirably,
and contenting himself with one Pawn to
the good, returned the piece at the oppor-
tune time. On the fortieth move Showalter
overlooked a mate on the move, but his
game had been a losing one.
Showalter sc »red his last victory in the
next game, a Ruy Lopez, wherein Pills-
bury introduced a novelty which resulted in
an early exchange of Queens. The out-
come was favorable for black ; eventually,
however, Pillsbury obtained the better
game until Showalter relieved himself by a
somewhat compulsory sacrifice of the ex-
change, winning by his centre Pawns in
seventy-one moves. This and the twentieth
game are printed in full. The final game
was most remarkable. White improved
upon his play in the fifteenth game, and
obtained a most formidable-looking attack.
Yet black stood his ground until the thir-
tieth move. Q — B 8 ch, which unavoidably
lost the game. By exchanging Queens
instead, he even would have had chances
of winning, as white's far advanced Pawns
were weak. Habeunt sua fata turna-
merit a.
We now give a selection of games from
the match :
GAME No. i.
Eighth Game of the Match.
Ruy Lopez.
White.
J. W. Showalter.
I P-K4
Kt— KB 3
B-Kt5
Castles
P-Q4
B-R4(b)
7 P-QB 3 (d)
8 KtxP
9 Kt-Q 5
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Black.
H. N. Pillsbury.
i P-K4
a Kt— QB 3
3 Kt-B 3
4 KtxP
5 Kt-Q 3 (a)
6 PxP (c)
7 PxP (e)
8 B-K2
9 Castles
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12 QxR (f)
13 Q-K 5
14 R-Kt
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16 KxB
17 B— K 2
1 8 H— KKt3
19 Q-R4
20 B— Qsq
21 P-B 3
22 B— R4
23 KtxQP ch
White announcing mate in 5 moves.
(a) Introduced by F. Rieman in lieu of...B—
K 2. and favored by Lasker, Tarrasch and most
modern masters. After 6 BxKt, QPxB; 7 PxP,
Kt— B 4; 8 gxQ ch, KxQ, black has a good
game, despite his having moved the King.
That piece supports the Pawn, is ready to take
an active part in the game, and can be played
advantageously to QB 3 after due preparations.
(b) Compare description of the sixth game.
(c) Very risky. The best move is P — K 5.
Compare sixteenth game.
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(d) This move was not taken into consider-
ation by Pillsbury, although he should have ex-
pected it from his aggressive opponent.
(e) Too hazardous; 7 P— Q 6; 8 QxP, B— K
2; 9 B — B 2; P— KB 4, was far superior, although
white retains a strong attack; 7 B— K 2; 8 PxP,
Castles; 9 P-Q 5, Kt— Kt; 10 Kt— B 3, Kt— K;
11 P — Q 6, was, however, not favorable to
black.
(/) If 10... R— K sq; 11 Q— Q 3, B-B; 12 B-
KKt 5, P— B 3; 13 B— B 2, with a winning at-
tack. Black, however, had a much better re-
source in 10... P— QKt 4.
(^) An excellent move. Showalter's play
is of the highest order.
(A) White threatens KtxP after 11...R— K sq;
12 BxKt, RxR ch; 13 QxR, PxB; 14 KtxB ch,
PxKt; 15 Q— Q 2, the attack should win.
(f ) Exceedingly well followed up.
(/) RxR is impossible on account of 13 BxP
winning the Queen.
(k) Showing the very fine conception. Whit©
absolutely forces the Queen from the King's
file, so as to prevent her covering the subse~
quent check.
(/) A "little bit of Morphy." If BxQ then,
of course, R — K 8 mates.
(m) The winning move if 19 RxB, KtxR.
Position after black's 80th move.
GAME No. 2.
Thirteenth Game of the Match.
Queen's Gambit Declined.
White.
H. N. Pillsbury.
1 P-Q 4
2 P-QB4
3QKt-B3
4 B-Kt 5
5 P-K 3
6 R— B sq
7 KKt-B 3
8 KB-Q3
9 BxP
0 B-Q3
1 Castles (b)
2 Kt— K 4
3 KtxKt ch
4 B— Kt sq
5 Kt-K 5
6 BxB
7 P-K B 3
8 Q— B2
9 Q-Q 2 (c)
20 Kt— Kt 4
21 P-K 4
22 Q-K 3
23 Kt— B 2
24 Kt— R 3 (d)
25 Q R-Q sq
26 K R— K sq
*7 P-K 5
28 Kt— Kt 5
29 QxKt
30 QxK P
Black.
J. W. Showalter.
1 P-Q4
2 P-K 3
3 K Kt-B 3
4 B— K2
5 Q Kt-Q 2
6 Castles
7 P-Q B 3
8 PxP (a)
9 P-Q Kt 4
10 P-Q R 3
11 P— 64
12 P— B 5
13 KtxKt
14 B— Kt 2
15 Kt-K 5
16 QxB
17 Kt-Q 3
18 P— Kt 3
19 P-B 3
20 Kt— B 2
21 Q R-Q sq
22 P— K R 4
23 K— Kt 2
24 Q-Q 3
25 Q-Kt 3
26 R— Q 2
27 PxP
28 KtxKt
29 R-B 3
30 R-Q 4
36
37
38
39
31 P-K 4(f)
32 PxP
33 R-Q sq
34 R-B 2
35Q-B3
' P-Q6
PxP
QxQ
oy R— Q 4
40 K R— Q 2
41 K-B3
42 Q R-Q 3
43 P— Kt 5
44 B— R 3
45 R-Q B 2
46 P— B 6
47 PxP
48 RxB
49 BxR
50 B— B4
51 P-B 7
5« R-Q 2
53 R-Q 8
3i Q-K 4 (e)
32 K— R sq
33 Q-K 8
34 Q-K 7 ch (g)
35 Q-K 5 ch
36P-QR4
37 PxP
38 K— Kt sq
39RxQ
40 R— K 3
41 K— B 2
42 Q R-K sq
43 P— R 4
44 R— Q B sq
45 B— R 2
46 B— Ktsq
47 PxP
48 BxP (h)
49 RxR
50 K-K 3
5i K-Q 4
52 K-K 3
53 P— Kt 4
Resigns.
(a) The capture of this Pawn at the moment
when the adverse K B goes to Q 3, thereby
compelling white to lose a move, originated
with Steinitz and has been frequently adopted
by Tarrasch. The subsequent continuation,
however, is Showalter's own.
(6) Pillsbury states here that he allowed black
to form a majority of three P's to two on the Q's
wing, to pursue his own attack against the King.
We think that white should avail himself of the
opportunity afforded, playing 1 1 P — K 4 instead.
It, then, 11..., p— B4; 12 P—K 5, Kt— Q 4; 13
BxB, Q B (if KtxB; 14 Bx* ch, KxB; 15 Kt—
Kt 5 ch, K— Kt 3; 16 Q— Kt 4, P— B 4; 17 Q—
Kt 3), 14 KtxKt, PxKt; is PxP, KtxK P; 16
Castles, KtxB; 17 QxKt B— K 3. white has a
strong passed Pawn, while black's Queen's
Pawn is isolated; if 15... KtxB P, then 16 P —
Kt sq with a good game.
(c) White's manoeuvres resulted in slightly
disintegrating the adverse King's side, but his
Q P is weak and exposed to attack.
(d) The beginning of an ingenious man-
oeuvre, which should have succeeded if prop-
erly continued.
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(e) Missing his strongest continuation, and
even a possible win, 31 Q— B 8. White threat-
ens B — K 5, if 31... RxP, then 32 K — R sq, with
a powerful attack.
(/) Black now completely turns the tables.
(f) R — K 7 ch loses at least the exchange,
because of K — R 3; 35 RxB the only move,
RxQ; 36 RxQ, RxR.
{h) With the forced surrender of this piece,
the game is virtually over. The remainder is
mere form.
GAME No. 3.
Fourteenth Game of the Match.
Staunton's Opening.
White.
J. W. Showalter.
1 P-K4
2 KKt— B 3
3P-B3
4Q—R4
5B-Kt5
6 PxP (b)
7 Castles
8P-Q4
9 PxP
10 Kt-B3
11 PxKt
Back.
H. N. Pillsbury.
1 P-K4
2 QKt-B 3
3p-£4 ,
4P-Bj(a)
5 Kt-K 2
6QxP
7 B-Q 2
8 PxP
9 Kt— K 4 (c)
10 KtxKt ch
11 Q— KB 4
Position after black's 11th move.
12 R— K sq (d)
13 BxB ch
14 Q-B 4
15 B— B4
16 B— Kt 3
17 Kt— R 4
18 Kt— B 5
19QXB
20 B-K5
21 KR-K 3
22 BxKBP
23 BxBP ch (f )
24 Q-K Kt 5
25 Q-Kt 3
12 P-QR 3
13 QxB
14 Castles
15 Kt-Kt 3
16 B-Q 3
17 K— Ktsq
18 BxKt
19 P— KB 4
20 Kt— R 5
21 P— KB 5 (e)
22 Q-KR6
23 K— R sq
24 RxP
25 Q-Q 2
26 Kt— B 4
27 R-Q 4 .
28 KtxR
29 RxQ
30 R-Q 7^
31 KR-QB sq
32 R-K 71
33 KR-Q sq
14 P-KKt 3
35 RxR
36 K— Kt sq
37 K-B sq
38 R— KB sq
39 R— K sq
40 P— R 3
41 K-Q 2
42 RxBi!)
43 K-K3
44 P-QKt4
45 P— Kt 4 ch
46 RPxPch
47 KxP
48 P— Kt 5
49 KxP
26 B— Kt 6
27 Q-K 5
28 Q— K 6
29QXQ
30 PxKt
3i B-Q 4
32 B— B 3
33P-K4
34 R— KB sq
35 R— B 2
36 KxR
37 K-Kt3
38 K— Kt 4
39 P-KB 4
40 B-K 5
41 P— KR4
42 P-QR 3 (g)
43 PxR
44 K-B 4
45 P-QKt 3
46 RPxK
47 KxKtP
48 P-QR 4
49 P— R 5
Resigns.
(a) First played by Steinitz against Wisker*.
This and the subsequent move constituted
black's best defence.
(6) Introduced by Alapin at the Frankfort
tournament, 1887. The former continuation
was P— Q3.
(c ) This ingenious move originated with Tchi-
gorin.
(d) If 11 P— 6 5, P-Q R 3 ; 12 B-K B 4,
PxB ; 13 QxR ch, K— B 2 ; 14 B— Kt 3. QxP-
threatening 15.., B— R 6. White's only defence
is to give up a piece by Kt — K 2. If, for in-
stance, 15 Kt— Q sq, B— R 6; 16 Kt— K 3,
Kt— B 4 and wins.
(<?) The attack has passed into the hands of
black, who now brings matters to a focus by
giving up two Pawns.
(f) Not so much for the sake of the Pawn as
to clear the road for the Queen. The remainder
does not need any special comment
{g) 42 P— K R 4 instead would lead to an-
other interesting end-game study, without, how-
ever, altering the result. Black wins by PxP ch,
(P— Kt 5 only draws) ; 43 KxP, RxB ; 44 PxR,
K— K 3 ; 45 KxP, P— Q Kt 4 If at once 45...
KxP white has excellent drawing chances.
GAME No. 4.
Sixteenth Game of the Match.
White.
J. W. Showalter.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— K B 3
3 B-Kt5
4 Castles
5 P-Q4
6 B-R4
Ruy Lopez.
Black.
H. N. Pillsbury.
1 P-K4
2 Kt-Q B 3
3 Kt-B3
4 KtxP
5 Kt-Q 3
6 P-K5
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7 R— K sq
8 Kt— K 5
9 Kt-Q B
io B
-B4(b)
7 B-Ka
8 Castles
9 B-B 3 (a)
io Kt— B4
Position after black's 10th move.
1 1 RxP (c)
12 Kt— Kt4
13 KtxB ch
14 Kt-Q 5
15 Q~ R 5
16 B — Q 2
J7 R-R4
18 P— K B 4 (0
19 R-Kt 4 (g)
20 P-B 5 (h)
21 R— K B sq
22 Kt— B 3
23 K— R sq
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Q-R;
Kt— K
11 K KtxP
12 Kt— K 3
13 QxKt
14 Q— Q sq (d)
15 P-Q 3
16 Kt— K 4 (e)
17 P-K R 3
18 Kt-Kt 3
19 Kt-Q 5
20 KtxK B P
21 P-Q B 3
22 Q— Kt3ch
23 Q-B4(c)
24 Kt— (B4) K
25 BxR
26 P— B 4 (R)
27 K— R sq
28 PxKt (m)
25 Rt-K4(j)
26 QxB
27 B— Kt 3 ch
28 QxKt (e)
29 Resigns
(a) This, in conjunction with his 6th move,
seems to be the right defence. In the 18th
game black played here 9... P — B 3, whereupon
white ventured the tempting but unsound 10
B— Kt 5 ch followed by 11 Kt— Kt 6 ch. We
prefer the move above, for white in answer to
Q... P — B 3 can simply play 10 KtxKt, followed
by 1 1 Ktx P. The move above keeps a pressure
upon the Q P.
(b) If 10 KtxKt, Q PxKt; n KtxP, KtxKt;
12 RxKt, B— B 4 ; 13 R— B 4, B— Kt 3 threaten-
ing to win the exchange by 14... B — Kt 4 and
15... B— R 5. If 14 P— K R 3 then B— K 5, etc.
10 KtxP would recover the Pawn, but not to
advantage. 10 K KtxP, KtxKt ; n RxKt, Ktx
P ; 12 QxKt, P-Q 3 ; 13 P— K B 4, B-B 4 ; 14
R— K sq, PxKt ; 15 QxQ, Q RxQ, 16 PxP, B—
K 2.
(c) White could at least equalize the game
hereby 11 KtxP, K KtxP; 12 KtxB ch, QxKt
(if ...PxKt; I3Q-Kt4ch, K— R sq ; 14 B-R
6, Kt— B 4 ; 15 QxKt, PxKt ; 16 BxR, QxB ;
17 BxKt, followed by QxP ch or 15.. KtxKt ;
16 BxR or 15... P— Q 3 ; 16 BxR, Q PxKt ; 17
Q— R5, QxB; 18 P— B 3); 13 KtxKt; KtxKt
14 BxP. Black then hardly could proceed
with 14... QxKt P on account of 15 B — Q 6.
If 11... Q KtxP then 12 KtxB ch, QxKt; 13
KtxQ P, BxKt ; 14 BxB, Q R— Q sq ; 15 B— K
5 followed by Q BxKt, if 14... Kt— R 5 ; 15 B—
Kt 3. White also gets an even game by 11
BxKt, Q PxB ; 12 RxP.
(d ) Black has maintained his Pawn, none the
worse for position. White's ensuing onslaught
is not dangerous, his pieces being not well
posted and open to a counter attack.
(<?) An excellent move both for attacking and
defensive purposes.
(/) Obviously not BxP, because of the crush-
ing reply P-^Kt 3 winning a piece.
(^) If R— R x then Kt-B 4 compelling R—
R 3, whereby black would abandon all attack.
(h) A forlorn attempt to maintain the aggres-
sive ; R — Kt 3 was safer ; black then would
have driven back the Knight by P— Q B 3, fol-
lowed by P— Q 4* whereupon white's game
would not have been an enviable one.
(f ) Menacing Kt— Kt 6 ch.
(j) A grievous error, but his game was past
hope.
(k) Black finishes off in admirable style.
(/) Having but a choice of evils, he selects a
move which on the surface is plausible enough.
(**) Mr. Pillsbury's conduct of the entire
game is flawless and the finish uncommonly
pretty.
GAME No. 5.
Nineteenth Game of the Match.
Ruy Lopez.
White.
Black.
H. N. Pillsbury.
J. W, Sho waiter
1 P— K4
1 P— K4
2 Kt— K B 3
2 Kt— Q B 3
3 B-Kt 5
3 Kt-B 3
4 Castles
4 KtxP
5 P-Q 4
5 B— K2
6Q-K2
6 Kt-Q 3
7 BxKt
7 Kt PxB
8 PxP
8 Kt-Kt 2
9 Kt-Q 4 (a)
9 Castles
10 Kt-B 5 (b)
10 P-Q 4
11 Q-Kt4(c)
11 BxKt
12 QxB sq
12 Q-B sq
13 QxQ
13 Q RxQ ^
14 B-K 3
14 P-Q B 4 (d)
15 Kt-Q 2 (e)
15 P-Q R 4 (f )
16 P— K B 4
16 P-B 4
17 KR-Qsq
17 K R-Q sq
18 P-QKt3
18 K— B2
19 K— B sq
19 K-K3
20 Kt— B 3
20 P— R 3
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21 P-B 3
22 P-K R 4
23 P-Q Kt 4 (g)
24 PxP
25 Kt— Q 4 ch
26 KtxP
27 KtxB
28 B— B 5 ch
29 K— B 2
30 PxP
31 R-R sq (h)
32 R-R 6 ch
33 R— K sq
21 K R— Kt sq
22 Kt— Q sq
23 R PxP
24 PxP
25 K-Q 2
26 P— B 3
27 KxKt
28 K— K 3
«9 P— Kt4
30 R PxP
31 P*P (i)
32 K-B 4 (j)
33 R-Kt 3 (k)
Position after white's 83d move.
34 R-R 8
35 R-K2
36 RxR
37 R— B 8 ch
38 K-B 3
39 R— B 6 ch
40 PxR
41 R— Q 2
42 KxP
43 K-K 3
44 R— K B 2
45 P-Kt4
46 K-Q 2 (11)
47 P-Kt 5 (o)
48 K-B 2 (p)
49 R— K 2 ch (q)
50 R-K 8
51 K-Kt 3
34 R-R sq (1)
35 Kt-K 3 (m)
36 KtxB
37 K-K 3
38 Kt-Q 6
39 RxR
40 KxP
41 Kt— K4ch
42 Kt— Kt3ch
43 K-K 4
44 P-B 4
45 P— Q 5 ch
46 P— B5
47 P— B 6 ch
48 K-K 5
49 K-Q 4
50 Kt-K 4
51 P-Q 6
And Wins.
(a) Kt— B3, as played by Pillsbury in the 7th
game, is the usual continuation. The move
above originated with Winawer.
(b) This, in conjunction with his next move,
constitutes a novelty. Q Kt— B 3 or R— Q sq
is the usual course.
(c) We prefer KtxB ch, as played by Winaw-
er, which deprives the defence of a most useful
piece.
(d) Black has a good game.
(e) To induce black to prematurely advance
his Pawns.
(/) White played for this trap : If 15 P— B 5;
16 P— Q Kt 3, and if P— B 6 ; 17 Kt— K t. P— Q
B 4; 18 KtxP, P— Q 5; 19 Kt— Q 5, with a
Pawn ahead.
(g) This results practically in an exchange
of this Pawn for black's KBP; the preparatory
move, 23 P— R 3, however, was better ; also 23
P— R 5 looks very strong.
(A) After 31 P-Kt 3, PxP ; 32 PxP, R— B 5 ;
33 K— B 3, K— B 4, and should win.
(i) Hazardous ; 31 Kt— B 2 was probably
better.
{j) 32 KxP would be too dangerous.
W 33 R-K ; 34 K-B 3, Kt-K 3 ; 35 P-Kt
4 ch, K— Kt 4 (il PxP e. p., 36, R— B 6 ch, and
mates in three moves more) ; 36 Q R — K R,
Kt— Kt 2 ; 37 R— R 7, and should win.
(/) 34 Kt— K3 at once was far superior.
(**) The sacrifice of the exchange is, of
course, forced, but gives black a good game.
(*) If K— Q 3 then K— Q 4, followed by Kt—
K4 ch.
(o) R— R 5 ch, followed by R-Kt 5, would
have afforded him better fighting chances.
(/) If now K— Q 3 then K— Q 4, followed by
Kt— K 4 ch.
(q) If 49 R— B 6, P— Q 6 ch ; 50 K— B sq,
Kt— B 5 ; 5i RxKt, KxR ; 52 P-Kt 6 K— K 6;
53 P— Kt 7, K— Q 7 and wins, or 53... K— Q sq,
P— Q 7, and wins.
GAME No. 6.
Twentieth Game of the Match.
Queen's Pawns Opening.
White.
J. W, Sho waiter.
1 P-Q 4
2 P-K 3
3B-Q3
4 P— KB 4 (b)
5 Kt-KB 3 (c)
6 PxKt (d)
7 Castles
8 Kt— B 3
9B-Q2
10 Kt— K5 (e)
nQ-R4(f)
12 PxP
13 Kt-K 2 (g)
14Q-B2
15 P-QKt 3
i6R-B3(h)
17 R-R 3
18 Q— Q sq
19 Q-K sq (i)
20 PxKt (d)
21 B— R 5
22BxR
23 R— B3(k)
24Q-B3U)
Black.
H. N. Pillsbury.
1P-Q4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 Kt-B 3 (a)
4 Kt-QKt 5
5 KtxB ch
6 P-K 3
7B— K2
8 Castles
9 P-QKt 3
10 B— Kt 2
UP-QB4
12 PxP
13 Q-Kt 3
14 QR— B sq
15 B-R 3
16 KR— Q sq
17 P-Kt 3
18 Kt— Q 2
19 KtxKt (j)
2oBxP
21 Q— Kt sq
22 RxB
23 QxKP
24QXQ
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27 R— B 2
28 Kt-R 4
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30 Kt— Kt 2
31 R— B 2
32 R— B 6
33 R-B 7
34 R-B 4 (m)
35 KtxB
36 K— B sq
37 R-Kt sq
38 P-Kt 3
39 Kt-K 5
40 K— K sq
41 K— B 7
42 RxQ
43KxB
25 P-K 4
26 P— K 5
27 P— B 4
28 P-Q 5
29PXP
30 B— R 3
31 P-Q 6
32 B-Kt 4
33 B-Q 3
34BxR
35 B— B 4 ch
36 P-K 6
37 R-Q 5
38 P-B 5
39 P— K 7 ch
40 B— Kt 5 ch
41 P — Queen's
42 BxR ch
43 R— K 5 ch
And wins
(a) As a rule, in all close openings, the Q Kt
should not be placed at Q B 3 until the Q B P
has advanced to its fourth. The present posi-
tion, however, forms an exception. Black
threatens to open the game by P— K 4, and also
to exchange the adverse K B by Kt — Q Kt 5.
This stratagem originated with Tchigonn, who
first played it against Tarrasch at Hastings.
(b) He has nothing else to prevent, P — K 4.
If 4 Kt— K 13 3, then B— Kt 5.
(c) White might preserve the Bishop by B —
K2, but then black plants his Kt at K 5.
(d) To retake with the Queen was probably
better.
(e) This, if at all, should h*ve been made
one move earlier, so as to prevent 9... P — Kt 3,
which would have been replied to by 10 Kt —
B 6 and 11 KtxB ch At the present stage R —
B sq was decidedly better.
(/) Kt — K2 mislead was preferable.
(g) 13 Q-Kt 3, Q-Kt 3; 14 Kt-K 4; QxQ;
15 PxQ, KR-B; 16 KR— B, appears to pre-
serve about an equality, as the doubled Pawns
are offset by the isolated Rook's Pawn and the
open files.
(h) This and the next move result but in loss
of time and position.
(t) After 19, KtxBP, KxKt; 20 RxP ch, K-
K; 21 Q— K, BxP; 22 B— R 5, Q— R 3; 23
BxR, KxB; black escapes to the Queen's side,
and the two minor pieces are more than an
equivalent for the Rook and Pawn.
(/) A fine move, gaining 2 Pawns for the ex-
change. White may reply at once B — R 5,
which, however, would result in a mere trans-
position of moves.
(k) The Pawn cannot be saved. If Kt— B 4,
then B— B 4.
(/) The exchange of Queens is only to black's
advantage.
(m) The Rook has no other square to go to.
If 34 RxP, then obviously B — B 4 ch, and if 37
R— B sq, then P— Q 7 wins.
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Scottish championship and carries off the
cup, which he, an Englishman, has thus
made his absolute property.
A match by telephone, between Hastings
and Manchester, is under consideration.
A national championship is being ar-
ranged for the summer. Prizes will total
up 400 to 500 roubles, and every third man
will get a prize. Tchigorin defeated SchirT-
ers in a set match, the final score being
Tchigorin, 7 ; Schiffers, 1 ; drawn, 6. In
a simultaneous performance at the St.
Petersburg Club Tchigorin won 25, lost 1
and drew 4 out of thirty games played.
Mr. William Steinitz fulfilled an engage-
ment in Paris for which he received 1600
francs, the largest sum ever paid for ex-
hibition chess.
Mr. Van der Velde won the tournament
at Havre, with a perfect score of 10. Sub-
sequently he defeated Mr. Lenirmand, last
year's champion, by the score of 9 to 2.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
A chess club was organized at the Cafe
Boildieu, Rouen.
*
In a correspondence match between the
Algiers Chess Club and the Cafe de la
Gaule, Lyons, the latter named club came
off victor.
GERMANY.
Emperor William is expected to donate
a prize for the International Chess Tourna-
ment, which is to take place at Berlin, in
September. Herr Mieses defeated Herr
Caro, a local expert, in a match at the
Kaiserhof, Berlin, by the score of 4 to 3,
3 draws. 1 he Berlin Schach Verein beat
the Munich Chess Club in a correspond-
e ice match 1 % to Vz.
AUSTRIA.
Vienna. — The old and the new Vienna
Chess Clubs have consolidated, and are
now located at 1 Schotten gasse No. 5.
The old club has existed for forty years.
The new club was organized ten years ago.
The consolidation is considered a moral
victory for the younger elements.
HUNGARY.
A quadrangular tournament was planned
at Budapest between J. Makovetz, R.
Charousek, G. Maroczy and Dr. Jacoby.
Each was to play 4 games with every other
competitor. Makovetz, however, with-
drew, while Dr. Jacoby was suddenly taken
ill. The Budapest Club now intends either
to arrange a set match between Charousek
and Maroczy, or, in the event of the pro-
posed international tournament not coming
off, to hold a national tournament in sum-
mer. D. Janowski, of Paris, has issued a
challenge for a match of 7 games up with
either Charousek or Maroczy. Both have
declared their willingness to play.
AUSTRALIA.
J. F. Crane won the tournament at
Warrnambool and thereby the champion-
ship of Australia.
According to a correspondent of the
Queenslander the knowledge and practice
of chess is spreading rapidly in the Bush
in the far North.
Mr. Littlejohn won the championship of
the Wellington Chess Club, New Zealand.
The next New Zealand Congress will be
held in Auckland, and the local players
promise a spirited contest, as well as a
pleasant reception to visitors.
A team match, seventeen a side, was
pla> ed between North Adelaide and Unley,
the former winning 9 to 8.
Norwood defeated Semaphore 8 to 6 in
a team match, fourteen a side.
Our Portrait Gallery*
In making its bow to the public, the
American Chess Magazine presents the
first instalment of * ' People Noted in Ameri-
can Chess/ ' and a happy selection of true-
blue Americans it is I Our task of accom-
panying the pictures with a few words is
made easy by the illustriousness of the
group.
Ladies first. There is Mrs. Worrall,
who went to England to represent America
in the ladies1 match.
To speak of the triad of American chess
masters, Pillsbury, Hodges and Showalter,
would be carrying owls into Athens. They
are ours, and we rejoice in it.
An article on Miron, the Nestor among
American chess editors, will be found on
another page.
Mr. Caswell is the originator of the
Intercollegiate Chess Matches, and their
success is entirely due to him.
Mr. G. A. Barth is the genial president
of the Staten Island Chess Club, which
has just celebrated its seventh birthday ; a
problem composer of no mean ability, and
Assemblyman for Richmond County.
Mr. Edward M. Thompson is the very
active secretary of the very active U. of P.
Chess Club, of which more on another page.
Some readers will miss their particular
favorites, but this cannot be helped. Only
'bide a wee and there will be another
month and with it another number of the
American Chess Magazine, and we are
in no danger of running out of material,
happily.
The Continental Correspondence Tour-
ney, which has been in progress since 1893,
is pretty nearly finished. Mr. Phillips, of
Chicago, is leading, followed pretty closely
by Mr. M. Morgan, of Chicago, and the
chances are that these two contestants will
be the principal prize winners. Their
game in the final round, a short and
brilliant one, is printed in full elsewhere.
A match will be played in the fall between
twenty players in the Continental tourna-
ment against as many members of the
Pillsbury National Correspondence Chess
Association. Although the contest is apt
to be one-sided, inasmuch as the Continen-
tal players include nearly all the experts at
this style of chess, the younger organiza-
tion pluckily accepted the defi.
The tournament of the Pillsbury Na-
tional Correspondence Chess Association
is well under way, the entries numbering
no less than 117 players. Two hundred
games have already been completed, the
defence being victorious in a majority of
games — 97 — while white scored 91, 12
draws. The honor of having won the
first game belongs to Mr. E. B. Escott, of
Cambridge, Mass., by beating E. K.
Blanchard, oi Boston, in a K B Gambit in
twenty moves and twenty-five days. Mr.
Blanchard failed to find the proper defence
to the gambit, and hence got early into
trouble. The table of the opening and
results of the completed games is appended :
WHITE. BLACK.
OPENING — WON. WON. DRAWN,
Ruy Lopez 17 9 3
Evans Gambit 13 11 2
Queen's Gambit 5 7
Two Knights' Defence 4 7
Giucco Piano 26 2
Scotch Game 5 4
Centre Game 8 9
French Defence 3 1
Petroff Defence 1 3 1
King's Gambit 22
Bircrs Attack 3
Miscellaneous.... 28 38 4
Total 91 97 12
The following prizes will be awarded to
the various winners at the close of the
contest :
One gold medal for national champion ;
eight gold medals, one for each divisional
champion ; forty aluminum medals, one for
each player who enters the finals.
Special Prizes— Winner of best Evans
Gambit, set of chess stamps, diagram stamp
and pocket chess board ; longest an-
nounced mate, set chess stamps, diagram
stamp and pocket chess board ; second
longest announced mate, set chess stamps
and diagram stamp ; third longest an-
nounced mate, pocket chess board. Above
given by the association.
Winner of most brilliant game, set fine
chessmen, donated by Edward J. Napier ;
winner of soundest game, five-dollar chess
book (or books), donated by Edward T.
Runge.
As many members were not able to enter
this first general tournament an auxiliary
tourney has been arranged, to be begun
October 1. The winners will have the
right to challenge divisional champions.
The association is also playing a match,
twelve a side, with the Orillia Chess Club,
of Ontario.
On April 20 the Rev. Leander Turney,
on behalf of Chicago chess players, issued
the following challenge to Brooklyn :
Bkrwyn, III., April 20, 1897.
Messrs, Napier, Swaffield, Hesse and Chadwick,
Brooklyn, N. Y.:
Gentlemen — I address you, the members for
your city of the committee on games of the
Pillsbury Association, on behalf of Chicago
chess players, challenging Brooklyn to a team
match with Chicago, twelve players a side, each
player to conduct one game, by correspondence.
Said match to be under auspices of the Pills-
bury Association, though the make up of the
teams need not be limited to members of the
association. When a game shall be finished,
the winner, if drawn the first player, to forward
same to association headquarters, 7332 Harvard
Avenue, Chicago.
No one debarred, except that all the Brook-
lyn players must reside in Kings or Queens
County. N Y , and the Chicago players must
all reside in Cook County, 111.
Rules of the Pillsbury Association Tourna-
ment to apply, as far as applicable. This
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challenge is issued with the sanction of the
executive committee of the association.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
(Signed) Lkandek Tukney.
The challenge was promptly accepted by
the Brooklyn committee, consisting of
Messrs. S. H. Chadwick, A. Y. Hesse and
A. E. Swaffield. The committee selected
the following players : W. E. Napier, Her-
mann Helms, J. C. Tatum, F. J. Marshall,
Dr. L. D. Broughton, Jr., S. G. Ruth,
John Morphy, George Russell, W. E. Lis-
ter, Walter Frere, A. E. Swaffield and
John D. Elwell.
It is stated that the Chicago team will
include Louis Uedemann, Dr. Phillips, and
C. T. Runge, President of the Pillsbury
National Correspondence Chess Associa-
tion. Uedemann is champion of Chicago,
and is. believed to be not far below Sho-
walter's strength. .
A match by correspondence is being con-
tested between players of Vallejo and St.
Helena, Cal. Vallejo secured one game, a
Ruy Lopez, by St. Helena, winning in
fifty-seven moves, and according to latest
advices has the best position in the other.
The games will be printed in our next issue.
The Northwest Chess Club of Philadel-
phia contested two games by correspond-
ence with the Washington, D. C, Chess
Club. The one just come to a conclusion,
Washington announcing mate in eleven
moves. The other game is still in progress.
The Worcester, Mass , Chess Club de-
feated the Somerville Club in a team match
by correspondence ; six on each side. The
Worcester players were : Perry, McNa-
mara, Brigham, B. Whitmore, Jr. ; A. H.
Hoi way, W. H. Shearman, and they won
i game each, losing none.
Bay City is entitled to no small share of
credit for the success achieved in the
National Correspondence Tourney. Much
of the difficult preliminary work was
accomplished there, and by the estab-
lishment of divisional headquarters and
chairmanship of the tourney execu-
tive, the vast national and continental
contest was virtually centralized in Bay
City. The national referee of the associa-
tion, A. H. Gansser, of the local division,
has during the past month rendered six
decisions. In correspondence plajr Bay
City has lost one game to the University
of Michigan Chess Club and one to Toledo,
Ohio, won two from the latter club, one
from the University of Iowa, two from the
University of Tennessee, drawn games with
the veteran Mennier; of New Orleans, and
Gen. J. K. Prondfit, of Kansas City. New
games have been opened with Wisconsin
and Kentucky divisions and entry sent for
competition in the auxiliary tourney of
America for next fell.
A match is in progress between Tacoma
(Wash.) and Yakima.
Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play Chess*
I.
George Jay Gould*
It will be a genuine surprise for most of
our readers to learn that the eminent
financier, whose likeness we bring on
another page, is a devotee of Caissa and
The American Chess Magazine takes
just pride in being first to make this an-
nouncement. In Europe, affiliations be-
tween Haute Finance and chess have been
many, and the name of Baron Albert de
Rothschild is a household word to
amateurs; American chess players now
can point with equal pride to George Jay
Gould, who is one of those who, by reason
of modesty, have never intruded them-
selves upon public notice by seeking repu-
tation through display of their abilities.
Our picture shows Mr. Gould in the rail-
road car coming from his home to the city
studying some game.
GEORGE J. GOULD
GAME DEPARTMENT,
GAME No. 7.
Off-hand game played at the Manhattan Chess
Club between Louis Schmidt and E. A. Orchard.
Pierce Gambit.
White.
Mr. Louis Schmidt.
i P-K4
2Kt-QB3
3P-B4
4 Kt-B 3 (a)
5P-Q4
6 B-Q B 4
7 Castles
8 PxP (c)
9 R— K sq ch (d)
10 PxP (f )
11 BxP
12 B— K Kt 3
13 P-Q 6
14 BxP
15 K-B 2 (g)
Black.
Mr. E. A. Orchard.
1 P-K4
2 Kt-Q B 3
3 PxP
4 P-K Kt4
5 P-Kt 5
6 PxKt
7 P-Q4(b)
8 B— K Kt 5
9 Q Kt-K 2 (e)
10 B-Q 2
11 B-R3
12 Kt— B3
13 PxP
14 R— Kt sq ch
15 B— R 6
Position after black's 16 th move. B— R 6.
Black— Mr. Orchard.
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16 B-Kt 3 (h)
17 Q-Q 3
18 Q R-Q sq
19 B— Kt 3
20 BxB (1)
2i K-K 3
22 PxR
23BxKt(n)
16 R— Q B sq (i)
17 P-Q R 3
18 K— B sq
19 B-B 5 (k)
20 R— Kt 7 (ch)
21 RxKt(!l)
22 Kt(B3)— Q4ch(m)
23 KtxB ch
24 K— K 4 24 B— B 4 ch
25 KxB 25 Q— B 3 ch
26 K— K 4 26 B— K 5
27 P— B 4 mate
(a) 4 P— Q 4 constitutes Steinitz's celebrated
gambit. The present move turns the game into
a variation of the Muzio, favored by MacDon-
nell, but disapproved of by other masters.
Mr. Steinitz once declared that in all gambits,
with the exception of his own, the preceding
development of the Queen's Knights is decid-
edly in favor of the second player. Mr. Pierce,
of England, in his analysis, has pointed out
lines of play which give good chances for the
attack in this gambit, which now bears his
name.
(6) This is considered black's best move,
although P— Q 3 or B— Kt 2 may also be played
safely. In a game played at Philadelphia in
1888, between Mr. H. G. Voigt and the editor,
black played 7 KtxPand the game proceeded,
8 QxKt, Q— Kt 4 threatening mate and B— B 4;
white resigned, if 9 RxP, B — B4; 10 BxP ch,
KxB; 11 KxP ch, K— K sq or 11 BxP, BxQ
ch; 12 B— K3ch, Q-B 3.
(c) If Kt P then likewise B— K Kt 5, or as
Dr. C. Schmidt suggests, Kt — R 4; 9 R— K sq
ch, B— K 2.
(d) If 9 PxP then B— R 6; if 9 R— B 2, B— Kt
2, or Kt— R 4.
(,) If K Kt— K 2; 10 PxP, B— R 6; 11 BxP,
R— Kt sq ch; 12 B— K Kt 3, Kt— R 4; as QH2
3 would be met by 13 Kt — K 4.
(/) If 10 B— Kt 5 then B— Q 2; 11 BxP, P—
Q R 3 followed by B— R 3.
(g) If K— R sq then likewise B— R 6.
(h) If 16 RxKt ch. QxR; 17 BxQ R— Kt 7 ch;
18 K— K sq, or K— B sq, R— Kt 8, or Q 7 ch,
remaining ultimately a piece ahead.
(t) Intending RxKt if B moves.
(k) A master stroke, as will be seen.
( /) Very risky, but black already has gained
the superior position in addition to his advan-
tage in material.
(m) It is irrelevant which Kt administers this
check.
(n) The other Kt would have made this move,
compelling, however, if 23 K— K 4, B— B 4 ch;
25 K— K 5, Q — Kt sq or B 2 mate.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
GAME No. 8.
Played in the championship tournament of
the Franklin Chess Club between J. P. Morgan
and D. Stuart.
Dutch Opening.
White. Black.
Mr. J. P. Morgan. Mr. D. Stuart.
i P-Q4
2 P—K B 4 (a)
3 P-K3
4 Kt— K B 3
5 B-K 2 (c)
6 P-Q Kt 3
7 P-B4
8 Kt— B 3
9 B— Kt2
io Castles
ii BxB
ia R— B sq
13 B— Kt 2
14 B^-O 3
Kt-Q2
►xKt
)— K2
I— R sq (d)
20 R— K Kt sq
2i B-R3
22 P—K Kt 4
23 BxKt
24 RxP
25 Q R— K Kt sq
26 R— Kt 5
27 P— K R 4
28 RPxR(f)
29 Q— Q B 2 (g)
30 R Q— B sq
31 K— Kt 2
32 Q PxP (i)
33Q-Kt2ch(j)
34 PxP
35 PxP dis ch
36 R— K Kt sq (1)
Resigns.
11
12
13
17
1 P—K B 4
2 P— Q Kt 3 (b)
3 B— Kt2
4 P-K3
5 K Kt-B 3
6 B-K5
7 Kt-B 3
8 B— Kt 5
9 Kt— K 2
10 K BxKt
Castles
R— Bsq
P-B3
14 BxB
Kt— K5
KtxKt
R— KB 2
18 Q— K sq
19 P-Q 4 (e)
20 R— B 3
21 Q— Q 2
22 B PxP
23 QxB
24 Q R— B sq
25 P-Kt 3
26 R— B 4
27 RxR
28 Q— K B 2
29 R — B sq
30 K— Kt 2
31 P-B4(h)
32 Kt PxP
33 P-Q 5 (k)
34QxP
35 K— Kt sq
36 R-Q sq
(a) White's best continuation is as follows :
2. P-Q B 4, P—K 3 ; 3, Q Kt-B 3, B-Kt 5 ;
4. P-K 3, Kt-B 3 ; 5- B-Q 3, P-Q Kt 3 ; 6.
K Kt— K 4, B— Kt 2 ; 7. Castles, Castles ; 8.
P—K B 3. Q Kt— B 3 ; 9. P—K 4, B PxP ; 10.
B PxP, P—K 4 ; 11. Kt— Q 5 ; with decidedly
the superior position. 2. P—K Kt 3 followed
by the K's fianchetto is also preferable to the
move above, which turns the game into the
so-called Stonewall opening, which is not very
favorable for the first player, owing to the
weakness of the King's Pawn.
(b) This is now quite feasible.
{c) The Bishop would be better posted at Q
3 ; white, among others, would have the option
of continuing with Q Kt— Q 2 and P—K 4.
(d) The game stands pretty even. Instead
of the move above, which aims at a somewhat
remote attack against the King's side, white
would do better to proceed with 19. P — K 4,
so as to get rid of his weak King's Pawn.
(e) Well played. It blocks the adverse
Bishop, while the K P remains permanently
weak.
(/) White would have fared better by re-
taking with the Rook, followed by P — R 5.
The open Rook's file does not yield the ad-
vantage hoped for.
( f) Preventing 29. . . . Q— B 4 .
(A) An interesting and successful plot
(«) Better were 32. PxQ P, K PxP ; 33. Q—
Qa.
(j ) Checking at B 3 were much better, as he
could later on defend with 36. Q— K Kt 3.
(k) Black has carried through his intention.
(/) This loses at once, but there is no saving
clause. If 36. R— K Bsq, QxPch; 37. K— R
2, R-Q sq ; 38. R— B 2, K— Q 6 wins. If 36.
R — Q sq, black wins the Rook at once by Q—
Kt 5 ch, as white has only a few checks after-
wards. If 37. R — K sq, black likewise wins the
Rook by Q— Kt j ch and Q— R 5 ch, or else
brings his Rook into action by R — K B sq with
deadly effect.
GAME No. 9.
The subjoined brilliant game was played in
the Continental Correspondence Tournament
between Mr. Phillips, of Chicago, and Mr.
Mordecai Morgan, of Philadelphia. The notes
are mainly by Emil Kemeny.
White.
Mr. Phillips.
1 P—K 4
2 Kt— K B 3
3 KtxP
4 Kt— KB 3
5P-Q4
6 B-Q 3
7 Castles
8 P— B 4 (a)
Kt-B 3 (b;
PxP
B-K 4 (c)
PxKt
R— Ktsq
Q-Q3
Q-Kt5
PxB
— KR5
-Rsq
B-B2
B— B4
Petroff's Defence.
Black.
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6
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Mr. Morgan.
1 P—K 4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 P-Q 3
4 KtxP
5 P-Q 4
6 Kt-QB 3
7 B— K2
8 B— KKt 5
9 Kt-B 3
10 KtxP
11 KtxKt
12 Castles (d)
13 Q-B sq (e)
14 P-KR 3 (f J
15 BxKt (g)
16 R— Kt sq
17 Q-K 3
18 P— B 4
19 K— R 2 (h)
20 B-Q 3(0
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Position after black's 20th move.
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21 P-Q5
22 B-QKt 3
23 R — Kt sq
24 RxP ch
25 BxP ch (1)
21
- QxQP
22 Q-B4(j)
23 R-B 3 (k)
24 KxR
Resigns.
(a) R — K sq is a superior continuation.
(b) A powerful move. Black cannot play
KtxP on account of BxKt, followed by QxKt
winning a piece. Nor would it be advisable for
black to select the continuation, BxKt. White
would answer PxB. If then Kt — B 3, white
plays PxP, followed by B— K 4.
(c) This play was introduced by Mr. Steinitz
and is the strongest continuation. If black an-
swers KtxKt then white's isolated Q P will be
supported. If Kt— K B 3 then BxKt ch weak-
ens very much black's Queen's wing, the
doubled QBP being difficult to defend since
white has the open Q B file. Probably the best
answer for black would have been B — K 3,
though evidently white's game would still have
been the preferable one.
(d) Black exchanged Kts, to cut of! the open
S| B file If white now would play BxKt, the
bubled QBP would not cause any trouble for
black, but white selects a far superior continua-
tion by occupying the open Q Kt file.
(e) R — Kt sq would have hardly proved more
satisfactory. White might have continued Q —
R 4, eventually winning a Pawn.
(/) He could not play P — K B 4 on account
of BxKt, followed by Q— B 4 ch and QxP. He
might have moved V — K Kt 3, which, perhaps,
was better, though the reply, B — R 6, seems
quite dangerous.
( g) A harmless-looking move, which proves
disastrous for black. White has skilfully
planned the Queen's wing attack, but he had
also in view the King's side. The exchange
enables white to continue PxB, followed by K —
R sq and R — Kt sq, taking full advantage of the
open K Kt file. This is all the more danger-
ous, since black is obliged to defend the Queen's
wing. Black should have played R — Kt sq,
and, at any rate, delay the BxKt play till white's
Queen is forced away from the fifth row, so as
to prevent the Q — K R 5 move, which makes
white's King's side attack so threatening.
(A) To avoid the threatening B — Kt 3 winning
the Queen. It seems, however, that Kt — R 4
would have been more satisfactory. Black
should have prevented B — Kt 3 at any rate.
White, of course, could not play R — Kt 5 in
order to gain the K B P, for white threatens
(i) B — Q sq was probably better, at least
white's continuation, P — Q 5, would have be-
come less dangerous. The move selected ena-
bles white to win in great style. See diagram.
(/) It will be seen that P — Q 5, sacrificing the
Pawn, was made to prevent black from retreat-
ing his Queen to the second row, where it
would guard the K Kt P. Had black, on his
twentieth turn, played B — Q S3, white could not
successfully have adopted his present line of
play, but it must be admitted that black's game
was pretty badly compromised, anyhow.
(k) White threatened Q— Kt 6 ch, followed
by QxKt P mate, as well as RxP ch, followed
by QxR P mate. Black had no satisfactory de-
fence. If R — Kt sq, then RxP ch, followed by
QxP mate. If B— K 4 or QxQ B P, then BxR
r, followed eventually by Q — Kt 6 ch and Qx
R P mate. The move selected by black ena-
bles white to win through a sacrifice of Rook
and Bishop.
(/) The decisive stroke, which causes black
to surrender. If he plays K — R sq or K — R 2,
then B— B 8 disc ch and mate next move. If
RxB, then white forces a win, with R — Kt sq
ch, followed by Q — B 7 and Q — Kt 7 mate.
GAME No. 10.
Played in the handicap at the Franklin Chess
Club between Messrs. S W. Bampton and E.
S. Maguire, the former conceding the odds of a
draw.
White.
Petroft's Defence.
Black.
Mr. Maguire.
Mr. Bampton
1 P-K4
1 P— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
2 Kt— KB 3
3 Kt-B 3
3 Kt-B 3
4 B— Kt5
4 B— B4
5 Castles (a)
5 P-Q3
6 P-Q4
6 PxP
7 KtxP
7 BxKt (b)
8 BxKt ch
8 PxB
9 QxB
9 P-B4
10 Q— K3
11 Kt— Qs
10 P— KR 3
11 Castles.
12 KtxKt ch (c)
12 QxKt
13 Q— B 4
14 P-QKt 3 (d)
15 P-KB 3
13 Q-K3
14 B— Kt 2
15 P— B 4
16 PxP
16 RxP
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17 Q-Kt3
18 B— Q 2
19 QR— K sq
20 R— K 3 (e)
21 Q — K sq
22 K— Rsq
23 R-B2(f)
24 Q— KKtsq
25 R— K 6 (h)
26QXQ
27 KxR
28 B— B4
29 R— Q 2
30 B-K3
31 B— B2
32 P— B 3
33 R— B 2
34 PxB
35 RxP
36 RxP
37 RxP
38 R-R 7
39 RxP
40 K— Kt 3
41 R—Q B 6
42 R—Q R 6
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17 QR— KBsq
18 R(Hsq)— B3
39 Q-B2
20 R— Kt 3
21 K-R2
22 R— R 4
23 Q-R 4
24 P-Q 4 (g)
25 QxP ch
26 RxQ ch
27 RxR
28 R— K 2
29 R-Q 2
30 P-Q 5
31 B-Q 4
32 PxP
33 BxKt P (i)
34 R-Q 7
35 RxB
36 R-Kt 7
37 P-R 3
38 RxP
39 P-R 4
40 R— Kt 4
41 P— Kt4
Drawn
(a) KtxP is preferable.
(&) Best, else the Knight goes to B 5.
(c) White playing for a draw, is eager to ex-
change, with the usual result that his opponent
obtains the better of the position.
(d) B — Q 2 at once was better.
(e) To guard against the threatened . . .
R— Kt 3, followed by BxP.
( /*) Well played. It not only prevents black
from eventually sacrificing his Rook for the
KtP, but enables him to reinforce the defence
by Q— Kt sq.
(^) Giving white a desired opportunity for
some more exchanges. There was, however,
not much in the attack 24 Q — Kt 6 (threatening
RxP ch. and 25 QxR), B— K sq.; 25 Q— Kt 4.
(A) White cheerfully gives up a Pawn to
effect the exchange of Queens and Rooks, re-
iving on the Bishops of cunerent colors to secure
the draw.
(i) An ingenious though unavailing bid for
victory which would have succeeded but for his
scattered Pawns. BxBP would give no different
result, as white would simply reply RxP.
(k) Obviously not RxR whereupon the Pawn
could not be stopped from queening.
GAME No 11.
Played last month in Vienna between Con-
sul-General Max Judd and Mr. W. Steinitz.
White.
Mr. Max Judd.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
Ruy Lopez.
Black.
Mr. W. Steinitz.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— QB 3
9
10
11
12
3 B— Kt5
4 P-Q 4
5 Kt-B 3
6 B-QB 4 (c)
7 KtxP
8 QxKt
Q-K3
Kt-Q5
B-Kt3
Kt— B4
I3Q-Kt3(f)
14 P-QR 3
15 Castles
16 B— R2
17 P— R 4
18 Kt-Q 3
19 BxB
20 B— Kt 5
21 QR-Q sq
22 P— KB 3
23 R—Q 2
24 Kt— B 4
25 QR-Q sq
3 P-Q 3 (a)
4 B-Q 2 lb)
5 K Kt— K 2
6 PxP
7 KtxKt
8 Kt— B 3
9 B-K3
10 Kt— K 4
11 P— QB3(d)
12 B— Q2(e)
13 P-QR 4
14 Q— Kt 3
15 P-R 5
16 P— KR4
17 Kt— Kts
18 B— K3
19 PxB
20 Q— QB 2
2[ Q— KB 2(g)
22 Kt— R 3
23 Q— OB 2
24 Q— KB 2
25 Kt— Kt sq (h)
Positiou after white's 25th move.
Q R—Q sq.
Black — Mr. Steinitz.
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26 RtP (i)
27 RxB
28 KtxK P
29 Kt— B 7 ch
30 Q— K 5 ch
31 R— K 6
32 QxQ ch
33 BxKt (k)
34 QxB P ch {\)
26 BxR
27 Kt— B 3
28 R— K Kt sq
29 QxKt
3oQ-K2(j)
3i QxR
32 K— B sq
33 PxB
(a) Mr. Steinitz's singular aversion against
the recognized defence of the Ruy Lopez has
caused him no end of worriment and trouble.
In the Vienna tournament he defended with 3,
K Kt — K 2, and thereby nearly ruined his
chances for first prize. He discarded it after
losing to Blackburne, and drawing with Dr.
Fleissig. In the Vienna tournament of 1882
he somewhat improved upon this defence by
combining 3, P— Q R 3 with K Kt— K 2, and
he cast his lot with it until 1888, when he exper-
imented with the move above. In his " Modern
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Chess Instructor/' he proclaimed this as the best
defence, but his experience with Lasker and at
Hastings compelled him to look for something
better, which he, however, has failed to find.
In the present game he reverts to his pet de-
fence, with the upshot that he gets a wholly
lost game, although his opponent is certainly
not in his class.
[b) Mr. Steini'z's original thesis of the de-
fence included 4... PxP, followed by 5, QxP, B
— Q 2, forming a variation of the Philidor's de-
fence, whch, in his opinion, is not unfavorable
for the second player. Later on he adopted
the above line of play on account of the reply,
5 KtxP. We, however, are of the opinion that
his first plan is the better one, if black continues
with 5... B— Q 2; 6 Kt— Q B 3, KtxKt; 7 QxKt,
BxB; 8, KtxB, Kt— K 2, followed by Kt— B 3,
as Blackburne did at Hastings against Lasker.
(c) First played by Makovetz against Black-
burne at Dresden, 1892, and adopted by Lasker
in the first part of their match in this city.
Later on he played 6, BxK 3. Tarrasch and
Tchigorin first play 6, B — K Kt 5, forcing
black to still further weaken his position by 6...
P— B 3, and then retreat 7, B — K 3.
[d) With a slight transposition of moves, the
same position is arrived at as in the fifth game
of the championship match. Stein itz, at this
juncture, played 11 B — K 2 Castles; 12, Castles,
KR, BxKt; 14, BxB, whereupon white not
only retained two Bs vs B and Kt, but also
forced black to weaken his QP by 14...
P-QB 3.
(e) This retrocession does not look well, but
is, in fact, his only good move.
(/) An excellent response, which effectually
prevents black's intended B— K 2, for all time,
as it proves.
(g) B — K 2 instead, though tempting, would
not answer, white replying with 22 Kt — K B 4,
followed by 23 KtxKP, if 22.. BxB.
[h) Evidently black did not take into consid-
eration the masterstroke which white has in
store, but his position is precarious. If 25... K
—Q 2, the likely continuation would be: 26,
KtxRP, QxKt; 27, RxP ch, RxR; 28, QxB ch,
and mates next move.
(1) This fine sacrifice, in conjunction with
his pretty 29th move, should have insured a
speedy win.
(/) If instead 30... K — B sq, white wins by 31,
RxKtch, BxR; 32, B— R 6 ch, K— B 2 (if Q—
Kt 2, then 3^ QxP ch, if R— Kt 2, then 33, Qx
Q);33,QxQch.
(i) Overlooking an easy win by 3^, B — K 3,
R-R 4; 34, B— B 5 ch, RxB; 35, Q-Q 6 ch.
(/) While gaining a second Pawn white has
freed the adverse Rook and has to fight it out
with Queen against two Rooks. Still he ought
to have won by careful play, or at least done no
worse than draw, but he eventually committed
a blunder which lost.
GAME No 12.
Played in the Continental Correspondence
Tournament between Messrs. J. L. McCutcheon,
of Pittsburg, and C. W. Phillips, of Chicago.
Notes mainly by Emil Kemeny.
Ruy Lopez.
White.
Black.
Mr. McCutcheon,
Mr. C. W. Phil
1 P-K4
1 P— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
a Kt-QB 3
3 P-QR 3
3 B-Kt5
4B-R4
4 Kt— KB 3
5 P-Q3
5 P-Q 3
6 P-QB 3
6 B— K2
7 QKt-Q 2
7 Castles
8 Kt— B sq (a)
8 Kt— K sq
9 Kt-K 3
9 K— R sq (b)
10 P— KKt4
10 B— K 3
11 P— KR4
11 P— QKt4
12 B— B2
12 P-Q 4
13 Q-K 2
14 PxP
13 PxP
14 Kt-Q 3
15 Kt-B 5 (c)
15 Kt— Kt2
16 Kt— Kt 5
16 B— QB5
17 Q-B 3
17 Kt— QB 4
18 P-Kt 3 (d)
18 B— K3
19 Q-K 3 (e)
19 P-Kt 5
20 PxP (f )
20 Kt (B 3)xP
21 Q— QB 3 (g)
21 Q BxKt
22 KPxB (h)
22 Q— Qs
23 QxQ (i)
23 KtxB ch
24 K-Q2
24 KtxQ
25 P— KB 3
25 K-B3
26 Kt— R 3
26 KR— Q sq
27 B-K3
27 Kt— Kt 4 ch
28 Resigns.
(a) Lasker against Steinitz played here...B
— Q 2, followed up by the Queen's fianchetto.
{b) With the intention to play P— K B 4. He
could not move it at once, for PxP, KtxB and
Q — Kt 3 ch would have followed, winning the
QKtP.
(c) The Kt at K 3 occupied a strong position
for the defence as well as for the attack. White,
it seems, underrated the value of his oppo-
nent's Queen's wing attack, which becomes
r'^.e dangerous when black is enabled to move
B 5. He should have played Kt— Kt 5.
Black could not well answer BxKt and QxP, for
the open K R P would become dangerous.
B— Q 2, eventually Kt — Q 5. might have been a
good continuation.
(d) A serious mistake, which endangers
white's game to a great extent. The advance
of black s Q Kt P is always threatening in this
variation, but it becomes very dangerous now,
since white is unable to maintain his Pawn at
Q B 3, thus giving entrance to the black Kt
at Q 5. He should have moved B — K 3 or B —
Q2.
(*) B — Kt 2 or B — Q 2 might have saved the
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g»me. The text move is loss of time only.
White probably had some brilliant continuation
in view like Kt— B 3, KtxKt P, Q— R 6 ch and
Kt — Kt 5. He, however, failed to see the win-
ning attack his opponent had on hand.
( / ) A fatal error. B — Q 2 or B — Kt 2 was
still in order. White, it seems, overlooked the
powerful attack black gains by being enabled
to occupy the Q 5 sq.
(?) Q-Q 2, Q-K 2, B-Kt sq or B-Q sq
was somewhat better, though it must be ad-
mitted that white's game was compromised
already. The move selected enables black to
win in a tew moves.
(A) Of course, QxKt could not be played on
account of Q — Q 6 ch, followed by BxQ The
move selected does not save the game, as
black's splendid continuation, Q — Q 5, shows.
(*) There was no way to save the piece.
Had white played B— Q 2 or B— Kt 2, then Q
xQ ch ; KtxB ch and KtxR would have fol-
lowed.
Positiou after white's 27th move.
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32 R— Kt 2
33 R-K 3
34 R— Kt 5
35 R-Q5
Resigns.
32 QxRP
33 Kt— Kt 3
34 Q-K 5
35 Q-R 7
GAME No. ii.
Played between the chief prize winners in the
championship tournament of the Cosmopolitan
Chess Club.
Petroff 's Defence.
White.
Mr. O. Roething.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 P-£ 4 (a)
4 P-K5
5 QxP (W
6 PxP e. p.
7 B-Q*
8 Q— KB 4
9 Castles
10 Kt— B 3
11 Kt— K 2
12 Kt— Kt3
13 R— K sq
14 B-Q 2
15 Kt-R 5
16 QR— Kt sq
17 KtxB
18 B— B3
19 P— KR 3
20 R— K3
21 P-R 3 (f )
22 B— K 5 (g)
23 BxKt
24 QxP
25 Q-Q 3
26 R— K 4 (h)
27 R (K 4)— K sq
28 KxR
29 K— B sq (i)
30 Kt— Kt sq (k)
31 PxB
1
2
3
4
5
Black.
Mr. G. Koehler.
P— K4
Kt— KB 3
PxP
Kt-K5
P-Q4
6 KtxP
7 Kt-B 3
8 B— K 2
9 Castles
10 B— K 3
11 P-B 4 (c)
K— R sq (d)
Q-Q 2
B-B3
KBxP
B— B3
RxKt
18 R— Kt 3
19 K— Kt sq (e)
20 R— KB sq
Kt-K5
Kt— K2
PxB
B-Q 4
Kt— B4
Q-K 3
RxP ch
Kt— R 5 ch
B-Q 5
BxQ ch
Q-R 7
12
13
14
15
)6
17
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
{a) Recommended by Steinitz.
(6) Steinitz continues with Q — K 2, which
leads to a highly complicated game, and there-
fore is not as advisable as the move above.
(c) Lipschutz against Sho waiter played 11
...Kt — K sq instead.
(d ) Black intends . .B — B 3, which cannot be
done at once, for white could safely take the
Pawn, as after the exchange of B's and Kt's he
can check at K 6 in reply to ...BxP. It is, how-
ever, a question whether 12 ...Q — Q 2 would
not have been better.
(*) White threatens 20 Kt — R 5 and if 20...
R— R3; 2i QxR.
(/) 21 Kt— R 5, R— R 3 ; 22 R— Kt 3 would
have won the exchange and probably the game.
(g) The losing move ; with Kt — K 5 instead,
white would have recovered the Pawn with a
good game.
(A) If 26 KR— K sq, RxP ch, and if 27 KxR,
Kt — R 5 ch wins.
(1) If K— R 2 or Kt sq, then KtxKt ch ; if 29
K— R sq, then QxP ch.
(&) If 30 KtxKt, QxP ch ; 31 Kt— Kt 2, Q—
R 8ch ; 32 K— K 2, BxQ ch, followed by QxKt.
GAME No. 14.
Played in the pending tournament at the
Washington, D. C, Chess Club.
Giuoco Piano.
White. Black.
Mr W. Mundelle. Mr. P. O'Farrell.
1 P-K4 1 P-K4
-KB 3 2 Kt-QB 3
2 Kt-
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3 B-B4
4 PxP
5 Kt-R 3
6 KtxKt
7 KxB
8 P— KKt 3
9 R— K sq (b)
io RxP (c)
ii R-Q3 #j
12 Q-K sq (d)
13 K— Kt 2
14 R-K4
15 K—R sq
Resigns (e)
(a) Turning into an old-fashioned variation
of the Scotch gambit.
(b) Bad. Black's best play is 9... P — Q4 ; jo
QxP, QxQ; 11 PxQ, R— K sq ch ; 12 K— Qsq,
Kt— Kt 5 ; 13 P— Q 2, KtxQP ; 14 Kt— R 3, B—
B4, with the better game. If 10 PxP. black,
3
B-B4
4
P-Q 4 (a)
5
Kt-Kt 5
6 KtxP
7
BxKt ch
8
Q-R 5 ch
9
QxB
10
Castles
11
12
Q--Q5ch
B-Kt5
13
P— KB 4
14
P-B5
15
P— B 6 ch
16 P— B 7
wins by R — K sq ch ; 11 K — Q sq, R — K 4 ; 12
P— QB 4, Q— R 5 ; 13 Q- R 3. B— Kt 5 ch ; 14
P— B 3, Q— B 7 ; 15 B— Q 2, QxKtP ; 16 R-K
sq, BxP ch. If 10 P— KB 3, PxP; 11 PxP, Q—
R 5 ch ; 12 K— B sq, R— B sq ; 13 Kt— Q 2, K—
Kt sq ch ; 14 Kt — B 3, QxP, with a Pawn ahead
and a good position. Or if 10 K — Q 2, R — K
sq ; n P— KB 3, PxP ; 12 KtxP, £>— R 5 ch ; 13
K — B sq, R — K 4, with the superior game.
(c) This inopportune capture gets him at once
into trouble. P — Q 3 was his play.
(d) Kt — K 2 was surely better, but the posi-
tion is against him.
(e) A cheerful situation ! White threatens B
— B 6 mate. If Q — K 2, white mates in three,
beginning with 17 P queens, ch. If RxB ; 17
PxQ, queens ch followed by Q — B 8 mate. If
K— Kt 2 ; 17 PxQ, queens, ch, RxQ at K 8 ; 18
Q — B 7 ch and mate next move.
~p The Revival of an Old Defence to the Ruy Lopez
Suggested by Tarrasch*
[ This Article, by the Editor, is Reprinted from the Evening Fbst.\
In a recent issue of the Schachzeilung
Dr. Tarrasch makes some remarkable sug-
gestions as to the defence of the Ruy
Lopez. He says that in the recognized
variation 1 P — K 4, P — K 4 ; 2 Kt —
K B 3, Kt-Q B 3 ; 3 B-Kt 5, Kt-B 3 ;
4 Castles, KtxP ; 5 P— Q 4, B— K 2 ; 6
Q-K 2, Kt— Q 3 ; 7 BxKt, Kt PxB ;
8 PxP, Kt — Kt 2 ; black's play is unnatural
and in conflict with the laws of develop-
ment, black having moved one and the
same piece, the King's Knight, not less
than four times in eight moves, to land it
eventually on an unfavorable square at Q
Kt 2, where it is out of play. No chess
player would dream of posting the Knight
there in any other opening, and the fact
that this is generally done in the present
variation bespeaks of the great influence
exercised by master' s^games and theoretical
books upon the chess public. More nat-
ural than the above line of play would be
to retake the Bishop with the Queen's
Pawn on the seventh move, a process
which has long since been condemned by
all authorities because of 7 . . . Q
PxB ; 8 PxP, Kt— B 4 ; 9 R— Q sq, B— Q
2 ; 10 P— K 6. PxP ; 1 1 Kt— K 5 (Steinitz
in the "Chess Instructor* ' dismisses here
the game as won for white), B — Q 3 ; 12
18 KtxKt, b.l/<
arlr's cramp, I
Q— R 5 ch, P— Kt 3 ; 13 KtxP, Kt-Kt
2; 14 Q-R 6, Kt-B 4; 15 Q-R 3,
R— K Kt sq; 16 QxP, R— Kt 2; 17
Q — R 5, with a Pawn ahead. ^ Dr. Tar-
rasch, however, continues with 16) . . • ► / n
Q— B 3 ; 17 Kt— R 4 (given as best in the vt* \<f{ii
"Handbuch"), K— K 2;
PxKt, whereupon he prefers black's game,
his pieces being fully developed, with im-
mediate prospects of a good attack by
doubling Rooks. On the other hand,
white is undeveloped, while black has
more than an equivalent for the Pawn
sacrificed. The only drawback in this va-
riation might be that white can force a
draw on the fourteenth move by Q — R 6,
Kt— B 4; 15 Q— R 5, Kt-Kt 2; 16
Q-R 6.
So far Dr. Tarrasch. White may alter
the above course, by exchanging Queens as
follows : 17 Q— R 8 ch, K— B 2 ; 18 QxQt
RxQ, a continuation not considered by the
German authority. We found some of the
ensuing variations favorable for the second
player, for instance : 19 Kt — B 4, P — B 4 ;
20 Kt-Q B 3, B— B 3 ; 21 P— K Kt 3,
Q R— K Kt sq ; 22 K— B sq, Kt— Q 5,
and black regains his Pawn. Other lines
of play are less favorable for black, though
white has always a difficult game. But if
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white survives the attack, and it comes to
an end game, white's passed Pawns ought
to win. Altogether, we would not advise
any one to adopt this defence in an im-
portant game.
S-.wOj white may als? play 9 P— K Kt ^ as
JiX"v* ikjl Showalter did against Locock in the cable
/£~>\^ lu^ match. The Englishman replied . ..Kt— R
( r*? ' a- " 5, which proved bad ; 10 KtxKt, BxKt ;
U?*<r 11 R-Q sq, B-Q 2 ; 12 P-Kt 5, P— K
Wit. ^a Kt 3 (if P— K R 3, then P— K 6) ; 13
r
xuro
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Kt — B 3, with an overwhelming attack.
Much better is ...9 Kt — R 3, whereupon
&*£*( /Skffwhite probably plays best 10 BxKt. While
j lw^fr*>>-\\. is impossible to demonstrate a win for the
first player, black's game by no means is a
comfortable one, another reason against
Tarrasch's suggestion.
But, although the Doctor's remedy is
not an efficient one, his comment on the
regular defence remains, nevertheless, true,
and surely there ought to be a less artificial
way of meeting this opening. Instead of
moving around that unhappy Knight, why
not protect it simply by P — K B 4 ? To
our recollection, it has been only tried
"4xc once, by Walbrodt, and although Emanuel
fJJlf Lasker conducted the white men, the latter
could at no point gain any advantage, and
when the game was given up for a draw,
black had even the better position. The
a
game, which speaks for itseli, ran as fol-
lows :
Ruy Lopez.
White.
E. Lasker.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— K B 3
3 B— Kts
4 B— R4
5 Castles
6 P-Q 4
7Q-K2
8 PxP
9 R— Q sq
10 B— Kt3ch
11 QKt-ga
12 Kt— B4
13 R— K sq
14 B-Q 2
15 B-B3
16 Q R-Q sq
17 K— R sq
18 Kt(B4)-Q2
19 KtxKt
20 PxP
21 Q-Q 3
22 Kt ( Kt 3)— Q 2
23 P-Q Kt 3
24 B— Kt 2
25 R— K 6
26 Q R— K sq
27 RxR
28 R— K sq
29 Q— K 2
30 P-Q R 3
Drawn
1
2
3
4
5
9
o
1
2
3
Black.
C. Walbrodt.
P-K4
Kt-QB3
P-QR3
Kt-B3
KtxP
6 B— K2
7 P-B4
8 Castles
Q-Ksq
K— Rsq
Kt— B4
Q-R4
P-B5
4Q~Kt3
5 P-Kt 3
6 B— Kt2
7 Q R K-*q
8 KtxB
9 P-Q 3
BxP
Q-R4
P-Q Kt 4
P-R3
24 Kt— K 2
25 Kt— B4
26 RxR
27 Q— B 2
28 Q-Kt 3
29 B-Q 4
20
21
22
23
Hints to Beginners. — The following
is from the work of Dr. Tolosa Carreras,
of Barcelona : * * In the two-move problem
the first move is necessarily a threat of
mate for the following move, which amounts
to saying that black plays only a single
move in all the variations. It results from
this that the solver possesses a simple
means of removing the veil which covers
the enigma, and this consists in not con-
cerning himself about white's first move,
but acting as if black had the first move.
It will then be more easy to see which
should be white's first move to thwart the
different defences at black's disposal. In
this kind of composition direct moves and
checks are not generally used. Moves
which have a character of repose or wait-
ing, and even of preparation for the com
bination aimed at, are preferred."
The chess department of the Farmers'
Voice will conduct a problem solving
tournament, open to everybody, beginning
with the issue of June 19 and extending
through the summer, one tourney problem
appearing each week. The following prizes
will be given: 1st — The American Chess
Magazine for one year ; 2d — The British
Chess Magazine for one year ; 3d to 10th
— The Fanners' Voice for one year.
Sample copies and particulars furnished on
application to Rev. Leander Turney,
Chess Editor, the Farmers' Voice, 334
Dearborn Street, Chicago.
AT THE CLUBS,
Manhattan Chess Club*
The annual dinner of the Manhattan
Chess Club took place at the St. Denis
Hotel, about one hundred of the members
and their friends being present. Speeches
were made by President Charles A. Gil-
berg, Toastmaster Col. Wilkinson, Pro-
fessor Isaac L. Rice, Chauncey Hathaway,
Wm. N. De Visser, S. Lipschutz and
others.
The Manhattan Chess Club now occupies
Assembly Hall, on the first floor of the
United Charities Building, No. 105 East
Twenty-second Street, for about six
months. The owners of the building will
add two stories, and when completed the
Manhattan Chess Club will take possession
of the whole eighth floor, which will be
fitted up for their special benefit. There
will not be any hallway, but the elevator
will stop right at the door of the club,
which will then have the largest quarters
of any chess club in the world. There
also will be a kitchen built for the caterer
of the club.
The handicap tournament resulted in
Jamogrodski winning first prize, Hector
Rosenfeld second, Sournin third, Delmar
fourth, Louis Schmidt fifth, Ascher sixth,
and Hanham seventh.
Metropolitan Chess Club*
The Metropolitan Chess Club was incor-
porated last month — Dr. O. P. Honegger,
Julius Goetze, J. R. Deen, Mark Leipziger
and Jacob Feibel trustees. The annual
meeting will take place on June 15. The
committee on nominations has prepared
the following slate : President,. Otto Dre-
scher ; vice-president, Julius Goetze ; sec-
retary, J. Feibel ; treasurer, J. R. Deen
The club broke even with Paterson in a
team match, the score being : First round,
Metropolitan 2^, Paterson 6% ; second
round, Metropolitan 7^, Paterson 3^ ;
total score, 10 each.
City Chess Club*
At the annual meeting the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year :
President, W. W. Lowitz ; vice-president,
C. A. Lawrence ; secretary, J. P. Baden-
hausen ; financial secretary, E, Hoflman ;
treasurer, H. White. Committee — Dr. O.
F. Jentz, P. J. Doyle, M. Beyer, W, S.
Huntington, H. Schneider, H. Kiralfy.
Librarian, A. Reitzer. The official name
of the club is now City Chess Club, of the
borough Manhattan, of Greater New York.
Emil Hoffman, chairman of the Tourna-
ment committee, successfully arranged a
number of rapid transit tourneys, which
proved very popular. An electric clock is
made use of, the contestants making their
moves upon the sound of the gong. A
handicap was won by Q. Roething ; W.
C. Huntington, second ; P. J. Doyle,
third. The club defeated Staten Island in
a home and home match ioj^ to 5^.
New York Ttirnvereixu
After sleeping for many years the sleep
of the just, the chess section of the New
York Turnverein, once a most flourishing
chess organization in this city, gave a wel-
come sign of new life last month by organ-
izing a tournament in three classes. Twelve
responded to the call, four in each class.
Every competitor has to meet his classmates
twice, and two prizes are offered in each
class. A general round with independent
prizes has also been provided for, wherein
all twelve play one another on the level.
Mr. Eugene Paulini is chairman of the
committee on chess, and Mr. F. Schwenck,
secretary. These gentlemen and Mr. Her-
man Bennecke compose the tournament
committee.
New York Checker Club*
The N. Y. Chess and Checker Club, form-
erly at 1 10 West Thirty-third Street, has
removed to 127 First Avenue. The
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officers of the club, which numbers twenty-
five members, are : President, A. J. de
Freest ; vice-president, George Stewart ;
secretary, R. P. Ostrander ; treasurer,
Michael Smolick ; sergeant-at-arms, John
Graham. Board of Directors — Dr. August
Schaeffer, S. J. Simpson, Isidore Cohen
and Alex. Graham. A handicap tourna-
ment will be arranged as soon as the pres-
ent checker tourney is completed. A
match between N. Stein and L. Strauss
was won by the former, the final score be-
ing 4 to 3, three drawn.
St* George's Men's Club,
The members of the St. George's Men's
Club, 209 East Sixteenth Street, have
taken up chess to some extent, especially
since the tournament formally played at
Good Government Club E was completed
at the library room of the club.
The best players of the club are Messrs.
Ainsworth, Brownell, Crabtree, Barry,
Skinner and Intropidi. Several matches
have been played by Messrs. Brownell,
Intropidi, Skinner and Barry. The latter
is a son of the late chess champion of Can-
ada. Several exhibitions at simultaneous
play were given by Mr. Devide. Mr.
Ainsworth is chairman of the committee in
charge of chess.
Brooklyn Chess Club*
The Brooklyn Chess Club has challenged
the British Chess Club of London to
another team match by cable, to be played
on some date in the first three months of
1898, or before the end of this year. The
challenge was worded like that of two years
ago, only the passage on behalf of the
American chess players has been omitted,
it having been objected to by some clubs.
Brooklyn Heights Club*
Mr. A. B. Hodges gave a simultaneous
performance at the Brooklyn Heights Chess
Club, winning 13, drawing 3, losing o.
The final meeting of the club was held on
April 29 at the residence of C. M. Whit-
ney, in Montague Street. The members
turned out in full force and, after some in-
formal chess earlier in the evening, partook
of a supper provided by the entertainment
committee.
Staten Island Chess Club*
The Staten Island Chess Club celebrated
its seventh anniversary on May 14 at the
club room, 10 Bay Street, Tompkinsville.
A. B. Hodges gave a simultaneous exhi-
bition, winning 15 out of 16 games played,
Mr. G. Hechler being the lucky winner.
Three two-move problems, composed for
the occasion by President Gustave A.
Barth, formed the subject of a solving: con-
test, which was won by Mr. Charles
Nugent in 25 minutes Dr. S. Gold, how-
ever, subsequently discovered that the
first of the three had no solution at all.
Mr. Charles Broughton presented the club
with a painting of his own, a water color
representing an Amazon, emblematic of
the Staten Island Chess Club. A little
banquet wound up the festivities.
The club is now engaged in a handicap,
13 competing. Two rounds must be
played. Hodges forms a special class ;
Barth, Litzenberger, Eidam, Ryan and
Raettig play in first ; Witepski, G. and S.
Salvage, Lockwood, Lamothe play in sec-
ond class ; Meeder in third, and Hagedorn
in fourth. The president's prize lor the
best simultaneous performance by club
members against 8 opponents was won by
Mr. Litzenberger, who made a clean score.
The club defeated the Staten Island Whist
Club in a team match by the score of 9
to 6.
New Rochelle, New York.
A chess club was organized with head-
quarters at Byrne's Hall, corner Main
Street and Centre Avenue.
*
Progressive Chess Club, Newark*
A championship tournament will soon
be started. The entries probably will be
S. Greenberg, Louis Bernstein, G. J. Ben-
ner, F. A. Voss, N. Jayson. Schlecksler,
J. Becklman, J. Harris, Vinogrador, S.
Asniss and B. Stuetz.
*
Century Wheelmen Chess Club*
This club is made up of about forty
members of the Century Wheelmen of
Philadelphia, among which are Mr. S.
Warren Bampton, at present holder of the
championship prize of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. Walter J. Ferris, champion of Dela-
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ware. None but members of the Century
Wheelmen, which is one of the largest and
most prosperous organizations of the kind
in America, are eligible to membership.
Its quarters are in the club house, 1606
North Broad Street.
*
Manheim, Pa*
Some members of the Germantown
Cricket Club have fallen victims to the
blandishments of chess. As a result, a
chess club was organized at Manheim.
Among the players are Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs.
Dilwyn Wistar, Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hoopes
and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Heywood.
*
Baltimore Chess Association*
The Baltimore Chess Association has
amalgamated with the Harmony Singing
Association, a very large and prosperous
organization, owning the building it occu-
pies at 410 W. Fayette Street, numbering
over 700 passive and 100 active members.
The chess players joined as passive mem-
bers. This move, however, did not affect
the continuation of the Chess Association
as such. The annual dues are now much
smaller than before, while the members now
enjoy privileges and advantages. Visiting
chess players are just as heartily welcome
as they always have been, and by first call-
ing on any chess member he will get intro-
duction to the club-house.
*
Buffalo Chess Club*
Chess, even in its studied form, is by no
means new in Buffalo. The Chess Club
was organized in 1872 and games have been
played there nearly every afternoon ever
since. What stories those Pawns, Rooks,
Queens and Knights might tell if they only
were gifted with voice !
At first the rooms of the Chess Club
were in the old Brown Building which lately
disgraced itself by felling down. After-
wards the club moved to quarters on Court
Street. Later it was discovered that the
same set of students and thinkers belonged
to both the Whist Club and the Chess Club,
so they were united. Now the Whist and
Chess Club has quarters on the fourth floor
of the Ellicott Square.
There are Brussels carpets in these fine
rooms in the big building. There are also
paintings on the walls and articles of virtu
scattered about. The men who play chess,
however, never see these things. All that
there is for them in these quiet, magnificent
apartments are the mysterious little bits of
wood and ivory over which they ponder
many hours at a time.
George H. Thornton should be men-
tioned first among the good players in the
club. He won the last club tournament.
Other good chess players are Henry A.
Richmond, son of the late Dean Richmond;
H. E. Perrine, father-in-law of ex-President
Cleveland ; T. N. Wilcox, Robert Denton,
Herman Boehm, Enos Gould, F. H. Un-
derwood, E. Thayer and G. W; Stringer.
Another Buffalo player who should be
mentioned is H. D. Gossip, who has writ-
ten several books. Mr. Gossip's play is
very strong.
The club last year beat Rochester in a
set of games and has also beaten the best
players the Y. M. C. A. could produce.
A match by telegraph is now being ar-
ranged with a club in Orilla, Canada, and
a match by mail with the club in Albany.
Victory is expected in each' of these en-
gagements.
Mr. Geo. Thornton won the annual club
tournament in great style, with 18 wins and
2 draws out of 20 games played. The club
played two matches with the Young Men's
Christian Association, 1.5 contestants on a
side, and won by a margin of 2 or 3 games
in each instance.
The Winooski Chess Club, Burlington,
Vt. , is holding a championship tournament,
the entries being H. F. Wolcott, Joseph
Gingras, David Lorain and Oscar Shepard.
The tournament will be completed about
the first of July. Mr. H. F. Wolcott, the
president of the club, is the present cham-
pion.
A chess club has recentiy been organ-
ized at Fort Worth, Texas, with about 25
members.
*
The Shell Lake Club (Wis.) is running
along nicely, and the members are improv-
ing in their playing. Although it is a little
late in the season to start, they will put in
all summer at it, and by winter hope to be
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in great shape to handle a game of chess.
Twelve sets of royal chessmen, best box-
wood and ebony, and twelve handsome
leather boards, have been ordered from
London, and, with other facilities and pos-
sessions, the club will be one of the best
equipped in Wisconsin.
Bordentown Chess Gub.
The Bordentown, N. J., Chess Club has
new attractive headquarters, with new
electric lights and all the modern fixings.
Members are Richard Allen, C. D. Allen,
H. L. Allen, M. B. Thomas, Thomas Raf-
tery, Edward Devine, Walter Letts, William
Dougherty, Thomas Gash and M. Flan-
agan.
*
New Orleans
Chess, Checkers and Whist Club.
At the annual election of the New Or-
leans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club,
the following officers were chosen : Presi-
dent, Charles J. Theard ; first vice-presi-
dent, George O. Allain ; second vice-
president, J. S. Barton ; treasurer, Frank
S. Palfrey ; governing committee, O. H.
Bartlette, Geo. S. Kausler, Frank S.
Walshe, Jas. A. McEnery, Fred J. Eld-
ridge.
*
The Pittsburg Chess and Whist Associ-
ation held its first rapid transit tournament
at the club rooms, 410 Ferguson Building.
An opening address was made by Mr. J.
C. Boyce. Messrs. Lutton and McCutch-
eon acted as umpires and adjudicated
upon unfinished games.
Michigan*
James D. Frisbie, in behalf of the Sagi-
naw Chess Club, wrote to the Detroit Free
Press in regard to arranging a match. As
a result a chess club is now being formed
in Detroit.
Y.H.RA. Notes.
The chess tournament between the Sa-
vannah and New Orleans Y. M.f H. A.
players will soon be played by telegraph.
The preliminaries have about been arranged
and will be positively decided upon on next
Sunday. The agreement has been reached
by correspondence between Mr. I. L.
Michels, of Savannah, and Mr. Charles
Rosen, of New Orleans. At first it was
contemplated to conduct the chess match
by correspondence, but it has been deter-
mined that it is too slow a process, so the
telegraphic system was considered, and
both sides concur upon the adoption of
that plan. No prize will be awarded in
the first contest. It will be a six-board
match and will be conducted on some Sun-
day between 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. The
date has not yet been exactly fixed. The
telegraph wires will be placed in the asso-
ciation's buildings at both ends of the line,
and each club will be furnished with an ex-
pert operator who has a thorough under-
standing of the game. The chess editor
of the New Orleans Daily States, who is
an operator, will send and receive the game
for the Crescent City teams. Ladies and
gentlemen will be invited to the association
hall to witness the game as it will be
played by telegraph. The match by wire
will be quite an expense. It is expected
that the use of the wires will cost each of
the teams from $15 to $25, depending upon
the duration the wires are exclusively used
to play the game. A chess tournament by
telegraph is a novelty in this section, and
will doubtless excite a great deal of interest
and attention. The Y. M. H. A. boys ot
Savannah, who will be in the match, are all
fine chess players, and have been and are
still preparing for the tournament by prac-
ticing and studying fine points of the game.
The second tournament of the Young
Men's Hebrew Association, of New Or-
leans, was competed for by Messrs. B Bar-
nett, E. H Bloch. Phineas Moses, Henry
Koehler, Charles Rosen and L. Rosen-
berg. Mr. Rosen won first prize with a
score of 7 to 3, while Messrs. Bloch and
Moses tied for second and third, the for-
mer winning in the play off by two games
to one.
With the present issue we inaugurate a continuous problem tournament open to yearly
subscribers only.
A running score shall be kept for each competitor who will be credited for each correct
solution, as follows :
4 points for 5 movers. 1 points for 3 movers.
3 points for 4 movers. 1 point for 2 movers.
This applies to all mates, whether direct or not. No penalties for wrong solutions. Every
competitor with a score of 350 points to his credit will be awarded a handsome prize.
Competitors will please state, with their first solutions, that they are in the tournament. For
two-move problems the key move is sufficient ; for three-move problems the first two moves
in the leading variations are required.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE
JULY CONTENTS
PAGE.
American Chess Code 73
Our Portrait Gallery 74
Ladies' Chess Tournament 77
Jottings 74, 107
Hints to Solvers 78
New Journalism and Chess 78
A Game She Plays 78
American Chess Editors, II 79
An Unexpected Coup 79
Editorial 80
Chess in Summer 81
A Crafty Bishop 82
Chess in Philadelphia 84
Match between Brooklyn and British C. C. 85
Pillsbury's Performances 86
Luengene Chess Club 87
Theory of End Play 88
Pillsbury's Correspondence Ass'n 89
Steinitz at the Cosmopolitan 91
Exploded Myth 92
PAGE.
Chess at Worcester 92
Lincoln 93
Chess in Omaha 93
Competitions 94
Gallery of Noted Americans 97
New York State Chess Association 98
Greater New York Championship 102
Chess Match in Spain 102
Chess by Correspondence 103
Chess in Canada.: 104
From Over the Sea 105
She Knew His Mental Calibre 106
Literature 107
Obituary 108
At the Clubs 109
Humor 112
The Bishop of Noland 113
Games 114
Problems. 124
ILLUSTRATIONS.
First International Ladies' Chess Congress 72
Our Portrait Gallery 75
Chess in Summer 81
Steinitz at the Cosmopolitan 91
Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play Chess 97
New York Chess Association 98, 100
Chess Match in Spain 102
Humor 112
The Bishop of Noland 113
The American Chess Magazine is issued on the 25th of each month.
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Washington, June 12.
The first number of the American Chess
Magazine has been received. It is an interest-
ing number, containing sixty-four pages, and
{>romises to excel any chess magazine ever pub-
ished in this country. A prominent feature is
its chess news, which is from all over the globe.
The cable match of last week, and the telegraph
match between the Franklin Club of Philadel-
phia and the Manhattan Club of New York City
are graphically described. Then there are arti-
cles on end game play and on the recent Pills-
bury-Showalter match. The women come in
for a share of attention. The scores of fourteen
games, well annotated, are given, and in the
problem department are twenty-two problems
by well-known problemists, with prizes for
solvers. The magazine is illustrated, and one
of the features is the portraits of people well
known in chess circles The magazine is edited
by Charles Devide\ with the co-operation ot
H. N. Pillsbury, A. B. Hodges, W. P. Shipley,
W. A. Shinkman, J. W. Showalter, E. Hymes,
F. M. Teed and W. Pulitzer. It is published
by William Borsodi, 3-7 Beekman Street, New
York City. The publisher promises a vast im-
provement in future numbers, which promise,
it is believed, it will be difficult for him to re-
deem.
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June 13.
The first number of the American Chess
Magazine, published by Wm. Borsodi and
edited by Charles Devide\ has come to hand,
and may be hailed as a most promising begin-
ning. Its get-up is very tasteful, the contents
rich and interesting, and it can safely be
recommended to all lovers of chess.
A monthly critical review of all chess events
is indeed a very useful supplement to the
chess columns of our great dailies.
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June 13.
The American Chess Magazine, a new
monthly, published by W. Borsodi in this city
and edited by Charles Devide\ has made its
appearance this week. Its contents and gen-
eral make-up are excellent, and it is earnestly
to be hoped that the magazine will be as suc-
cessful as it deserves.
June 12.
The first issue of the American Chess
Magazine, which has just come to hand, is
bound to make friends at first sight because ot
its unusually fine appearance as well as of the
variety of reading matter which covers sixty-
four pages ; besides there are ten pages of illus-
trations. The matches between the Parlia-
ments and the Manhattan and Franklin Clubs
are exhaustively treated and finely illustrated ;
the recent match between Pillsbury and Sho-
walter is discussed at length, and new points
brought forward in the analysis of the game.
There is a multitude of winning scores, club
news, etc. A treatise of the end game, Rook
and Bishop vs. Rook, analytical articles, and
twenty games copiously annotated, provide
ample food for the student. Cbess by corre-
spondence is made a special feature, and great
attention is paid to college chess. Canadian
events are carefully chronicled, as well as the
principal chess events "from over the sea."
Current chess literature is reviewed under
4 ' Literature. " and deaths registered under
" Obituary." The Problem Department is of
rare excellence, containing twenty-two original
problems by standard composers. An illus-
trated novelette, "A Queen of Chess," by Ray
Garrick, numerous poems, and bits of humor
afford a welcome relaxation and will appeal
also to the general reader. The new venture
ought to receive the support of all lovers of
chess. The subscription price is three dollars
a year.
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iune 13.
American Chess Magazine.
The first number of this new monthly, devoted
to the noble art of playing chess, has appeared,
published by Wm. Borsodi, 3-7 Beekman
St., and can be obtained through the American
News Co. Excellent portraits of noted chess
masters, first of all the unforgotten Paul Mor-
phy, followed by a whole gallery of modern
masters, splendid instantaneous pictures of the
players hovering in tournament over Kings,
Pawns, Rooks, Bishops and Knights, adorn the
handsomely gotten up number, which besides
contains a rich selection of problems, interest-
ing games and nearly everything of interest to
the chess player of to-day. The subscription
price for one year is $3 ; single copies, 25 cents.
Excerpts of Newspaper Notices.
"Higher promise of excellence never was, never could
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CHESS MAGAZINE.
Vol. I.
July, 1897.
No. 2.
The American Chess Code*
Under this title the Manhattan Chess
Club of New York has just issued, through
Brentano, simultaneously with its publica-
tion in England, the Code of Laws of
Chess compiled by the British Chess Com-
pany, with the assistance of prominent
English authorities.
The constant mingling of chess players
of all nations makes the adoption of a
universal chess code a necessity, for while
the general rules of the game are the same
in all countries, there are a few points upon
which differences have arisen, and it is upon
these points that harmony is desirable.
The name * 'American Chess Code" was
used at the suggestion of the compilers, as
they desire that each country shall adopt it
as their own. When it is in universal use
the name will be changed. The book has
been copyrighted merely to prevent indis-
criminate publication before it has passed
through the ordeal of practical use and re-
ceived the official sanction of chess clubs.
Criticism is invited, and suggestions from
American players will receive due attention.
The Manhattan Chess Club desires that all
American chess clubs shall procure copies
either from the secretary of that club or
from Brentano, Union Square, New York,
examine it carefully and officially adopt it,
if they agree with its provisions, and notify
the secretary of the Manhattan Chess Club
of their action at as early a date as possible.
In the space at our command we cannot
enter into a detailed criticism of the Code.
Its arrangement was commenced in 1893
by the British Chess Company, from pre-
vious codes, and in February, 1894, ft was
printed in pamphlet form and distributed
throughout England, with the request that
its provisions be criticised and changes
suggested. With the aid of the Rev. E.
E. Cunningham and W. P. Trumble the
first edition of the Code was published in
September, 1894, and from that the pres-
ent edition has been prepared. The preface
analyzes the principal changes and the rea-
sons fbrtheir adoption.
A new handling of the " Fifty- Move
Rule" is attempted in the Code, and its
results will be watched with interest. There
is probably no rule in chess which has cre-
ated so much trouble as this. The modifi-
cation here suggested is that a player need
not announce that he will invoke the rule
that his opponent must mate him within
fifty moves ; he may claim a draw if he can
prove that fifty moves have been completed
without a capture.
As a literary production, the American
Chess Code is a classic. For terseness,
concise and accurate expression of the
laws, it will rank wi«h many of the leading
books of our language.
[We reserve a more exhaustive discus-
sion of the book for a future issue. In the
meantime we shall gladly print any letters
by our readers on the subject. 1
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Our Portrait Gallery.
H. J. Rogers.
Prof. Howard J. Rogers, president and one
of the organizers of the New York State Chess
Association, is well known to all lovers of
chess, even if not affiliated with the Stale Asso-
ciation. Prof. Rogers is also the chess editor
of the Albany Evening Journal.
M. Morgan.
Mr. Mordecai Morgan is one of the strongest
players in Philadelphia, and a most formidable
opponent in correspondence play.
Emil Hoffmann.
This very popular and fecund composer is no
stranger to the readers of the magazine, as
some excellent specimens of his muse appeared
in our first number. In the present will be
found some very fine problems in two and three
moves, and we sincerely hope that Mr. Hoff-
man will remain the diligent contributor that he
has been so far.
Sam Lovo.
" Get off the earth !"
"Who?"
"Why, of course, you, if you don't know who
Sam Loyd is."
Have you ever heard of the 15 Puzzle and
the Pigs in Clover? Well, these are children
of his Drain. But if you want to know who
Sam Loyd really is, then look in the problem
department of this magazine and you pretty
soon will find out.
Phillips.
Howard M. Phillips studied chess five years
ago. At the end of his freshman year at the
College of the City of New York, he won every
game from seniors and juniors. In subsequent
tournaments he won the first prize, notwith-
standing that he had to concede odds to every
one In 'q6 he entsred the Law School of
Columbia University, and inaugurated his first
year there by winning the championship of the
Labourdonnais Club, which is the chess organi-
zation of Columbia. His score was composed
of fourteen wins and one loss. In a subsequent
handicap he was scheduled, he gave odds to
everyone, ranging from Pawn, move and draw
to a Rook. In the Suit tournament he won
first honors from a field of twenty, his score
being five and a half to one half, drawing one
game out of six He gave a simultaneous per-
formance at the Labourdonnais Chess Club one
week before Christmas vacation, conducting
eight games, all of which he won.
Jotting?.
The match between N. Jasnogrodski and
Otto Roething was won by the former, the final
score being 7 to 3, four draws, in his favor.
On Monday, June 28, Mr. Steinitz encoun-
tered 13 of the strongest players of the Newark
Chess Club in simultaneous play, winning every
game, and some of them were remarkably brief
and brilliant.
Excerpts of Newspa.per Notices.
Champions of '97.
Bampton.
In presenting the first installment of our
group of club champions of '97 we introduce
Mr. S. W. Bampton, champion of the Pennsyl-
vania State Chess Association, as well as of
the Junior Club of Philadelphia. He also won
first prize at the midsummer meeting of the
New York State Association held last August
at Ontario Beach.
Voight.
Mr. Herman G. Voight, the "boss" player of
Philadelphia, is this year's champion of the
Franklin. A record ol the tournament will be
found elsewhere.
Walker.
Mr. Frank B. Walker was born in Albany,
N. Y., in 1857 ; spent the greater portion of his
life in Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned to
play chess and was rated well up among local
players; went to Washington, D. C, in 1885,
and paid no attention to chess until about the
beginning of 1894, when they started tourneys
for the championship of the District of Colum-
bia ; has since played considerably, and last
winter won the championship of the Washing-
ton Chess Club.
player of 10-day."
New Yorker Revue.
"The fint number may be hailed us a most promising
beginnlnir. 11* sct-u|. i* very UMWul. the coiin'tiU. nch
Hid IntereKliuT, and can safely be recommended to all
"'""'*"""" N. Y.Sfm-ZOlH.1.
"It to an interesting number, and promises to excel any
chew mafnustae eyer published In this country. '
Washington Evening Star.
" Its content* and make-up are excellent, and it is
eamwtly hoped that the mazarine will be as successful
US It .hwrVO. ^ y rribunf
N. Y, Evening Post.
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LADIES' CHESS TOURNAMENT.
The first Ladies' International Chess
Congress, played under the management
of the Ladies' Chess Club, of London, was
finished July 3. The schedule of two
rounds a day was strictly adhered to, one
evening being devoted to the adjourned
games. It was one of the most successful
tournaments in the history of the game, no
friction occurred, everything went on with
the regularity of machinery and the Con-
gress was a credit to the executive ability
of the able match captain of the club, Mrs.
Rhoda Bowles.
Games were commenced at the Hotel
Cecil, in the Masonic Hall, on June 23,
hours of play being from 1 to 5 and 7 to 1 1
P. M. The hall had only been engaged
for six days and the concluding rounds
were played at the home of the club in the
Ideal Cafe, Tottenham Court Road.
During the tournament it was announced
that M. Eschwege, father of one of the
contestants, had offered four gold medals
as consolation prizes for those below the
money prize winners.
The full scores and distribution of prizes were
as follows :
Miss Rudge, London, first prize, J300 ; won
i8#, lost %.
Signorina Fagan, Italy, second prize, £250;
won 15J4, lost 3#.
Miss Thorold, London, third prize, J2C0 ; won
14, lost 5.
Mrs. Harriet Worrall, Brooklyn, foruth prize,
{150 ; won 13, lost 6.
Madame Marie Bonnefin, Belgium, fifth prize,
$100; won 12 >£, lost6>£.
Mrs. Barry, Ireland ; Lady Thomas. Lon-
don, each won n>£, lost 7#, divided sixth
Prize, $75-
Miss Watson and Miss Gooding, each won
io#, lost 8>f ; Mrs. Sidney and Miss Hooke,
each 10, 9 ; Miss Fox, 9, 10 ; Frau Hertzsch,
854, io# ; Miss Eschwege, 6, 13; Frau Muller-
Hartung, $%t \$% ; Madame De la Vigne, 4,
15 ; Miss Forbes-Sharpe, 4, 15 ; Mrs. Steven-
son, 1 Ml, i7#.
The longest game of the tournament was
ninety moves, and the shortest ended in a mate
in nine moves. The proportion of adjourned
games, considering the short hours of play, was
not large, averaging about one game to each
round ; the total number of adjourned games
was eighteen, and they were all finished up in
one evening. Lady Thomas had the largest
number of games adjourned — ^i^ ; Mrs. Wor-
rall, adjourned, four.
The prizes were distributed by Lady Newnes,
president of the British Ladies' Chess Club.
The Ladies' Chess Congress will be of
great benefit to chess and from it may be
expected many similar contests. It is really
the entry of women into chess club life. It
is reasonable to expect that women will
work reforms in chess clubs that they have
in all other lines where they have gained
the right to equal competition.
Miss Mary Rudge, winner of the first
prize, is a well-known London player, rank-
ing in chess strength with the first class of
the leading men's clubs. She is past middle
age and has had a large experience in
chess. Her record is very fine and stamps
her as a steady player. She won first
prize in a minor tournament at Clifton last
year, and while considered one of the best
players in this Congress she was not ex-
pected to make such a fine score. Mrs.
Fagan, the Italian representative, winner
of the second prize, is a sister of the well-
known English amateur, Dr. Ballard. Miss
Thorold is also of a chess family, her
brother being the originator of the Thorold-
Allgaier variations of the King's Gambit.
Mrs. Worrall is well known to American
players and her victory will be a gratifica-
tion to her friends. Lady Thomas is a
middle-aged lady of matronly appearance;
she won first prize in the ladies' section of
the Hastings tournament in 1895. Miss
Field is one of the younger players of the
Congress, steady and with good judgment.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Hints To Solvers. New Journalism and Chess.
Dealing with three-move problems, Dr. Car-
reras recommends the following analytical
system : — I. Examine the position of the King
to be mated, noticing— i, whether it is that of
stalemate ; a, in case he has freedom to move,
how many squares he has at disposal, and
which squares they are ; 3, whether tie is alone
to defend himself from the adversary's attack ;
4, whether the other black pieces can assist in
repelling the attack ; 5, whether he is placed at
the corners, side, or centre of the chessboard.
When the black King is placed on a side square
of the board it is chiefly with the object of
more easily restraining his movements or prob-
ably to carry out an idea or a chosen strategic
II. Analyze the different means which are at
the disposal of the defence to ascertain if they
are or are not critical — that is, if black can
resist energetically, taking into account the
number of moves of the problem. In this way
the analyst will be able to deduce the more or
less aggressive, passive, or even defensive
character of the moves which white must em-
ploy.
III. Try to explain by induction or deduction
the relation, the use, and tHe wherefore of the
special position of the pieces and Pawns which
together constitute the ■ arrangement. II is
equally of importance to analyze if the place
occupied by one or more pieces or Pawns at a'
distance from the centre of action have for
their object to hinder the later movements of
the black King, or if they are there merely for
the purpose of preventing duals or second
solutions.
IV. Calculate whether there is a proportion
or disproportion between the attacking and
defending forces, in order to gain an idea of
the probabilities of obtaining the announced
mate either by passive, indirect, or by active
and direct means, or by a combination of both,
or by preparatory moves, according to the end
in view. We will make the remark that, in
problems, it is not the number and the quality
of the pieces of the two colors that constitute
the proportion or disproportion between the
means of attack and defence. It is constituted
by the placing, the movements of the white
pieces, and the elements of defence left at
black's disposition according to the number of
moves in which the mate is to be accomplished.
It must not be forgotten that sacrifices may be
essentially aggressive, — 1, when they threaten
mate next move ; 2, if they exclude the black
King from some of the squares ; 3, when they
open an important line of attack to one of the
pieces of which trie action is distant and which
is found out of play ; 4, when the sacrifice
brings the black King under the action of
white's pieces able to cut off his retreat.
The recent cable match between Con-
gress and Parliament created a larger share
of interest in newspaper circles than its
projectors anticipated, not the least im-
portant of which were the bright and com-
mendatory editorials in leading American
journals. Several of our contemporaries
humorously suggested the use of chess as
a means of settling international disputes,
and one went so far as to mention the pos-
sibility of a chess league between teams
representing the legislative bodies of the
leading governments of the world. Of all
that was written only one paper stooped to
make political capital out of the match by
casting a slur at the Speaker of the House
for permitting the members to play, as
though he had anything to do with the
matter. Probably yellow journalism and
innocent forms of amusement are not con-
J
A game she plays
With reason weak,
The childish game
Of "hide and seek."
When older grown
With stronger aims
She soon will learn
The're other games.
But this one fact
She'll know, I guess,
That life is all
A game of chess.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
79
American Chess Editors.
DAK] EL E, HKKVBY.
Daniel Edmondstoune Hervey was bom in
New York City, April ai, 1845. received his
education at New York Free Academy (now
College of the City of New York), and grad-
uated LL.B., Columbia, Class of 1868. He
Enlisted in the 37th New York regiment volun-
teers July 6, 1862 ; served in army and navy
during war, and received final discharge June
7. 1865.
After graduation from Columbia College he
practicedlawforashorttimeinNew York, mar-
ried and settled in Newark, N. J., in 187,1. Be-
fin editing the chess column of the Newark
unday Call. March 10, 1878, succeeding Julius
Lenau, who removed to Providence, R. L, and
has continued editing the department to the
present day.
In one sense he is a true follower of Philidor.
for he is also a musician, both theoretical and
practical. He was continuously engaged in
church music as an organist and singer for a
period of twenty-five years or more, but has
now retired Has composed much music,
mostly vocal. Has been for many years (and is
still) the musical critic of the Sunday Calf, and
has written articles on music for many papers
and magazines. Since 1875 has been entirely
engaged in literature.
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An Unexpected Coup.
Mr. Alexander Schroeter, portrait artist and a
formidable chess player of the Manhattan Chess
Club, has recently executed a number of fine
and life-like pencil and crayon sketches of some
of his fellow-members, and we take pleasure in
presenting our readers this month with a repro-
duction of one of his works, showing Ex-
President Mr. Wesley Bieelow and Treasurer
Mr. Roostam Beramji at their social game. Mr.
Bigebw has evidently juststartled his opponent
by an unexpected coup, and is swelling with
rapturous emotions over the prospective success
of his dew-laid scheme, while Mr. Beramji,
usually on the alert and not easily trapped, is
in placid but serious meditation delving into
the profound abysses of his analytical store-
boose for a counter-plot by which to frustrate
his friend's amiable designs. The artist has
succeeded so admirably in delineating the
features and mental processes of the pTayers
that it is a pity that he should have drawn a
mantle of secrecy over the situation of the
contest between them. The position on the
board furnishes no clue for an intelligent diag-
nosis, and to most of us it would have been a
great satisfaction to have assisted our troubled
friend in extricating him from the difficulty
which seems to beset him. Both gentlemen
are. however, now being "rock'd in the cradle
of the deep "—one leaving us for a while and
the other returning — and it is possible that they
may be at this moment engaged in combats
with a more uncomfortable adversary — Father
Neptune I
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
WILLIAM BORSODL
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and all such matters as they desire to have
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The American Chess Magazine will
be most careful, in reporting all matches,
etc. , to have the names of the players cor-
rectly spelled. Mistakes, however, are
almost certain to occur, unless there is a
club book on hand for reference. Secre-
taries would do us a great favor if they
would send us their club book.
Chess and Its Renascence.
In all ages and climes the royal game
of chess has had a place in the hearts of
men, and even those who have never
learned its moves nor the relative values of
its pieces have accepted it as the game of
games. Moralists and men of science and
letters have written of its virtues and beau-
ties, and it is a singular fact that, while all
other games of chance or skill have at one
time or another been denounced by the
clergy of every faith, chess alone has re-
ceived their approbation, and among the
best players of every land have been
clergymen/priests and bishops.
Seeing that men have always had some-
thing as a diversion from the work and
care of life, chess has been encouraged as
the one game that returned something for
the time spent, in the training and lessons
that it gave ; and from the fact that it has
never needed a consideration to make it
popular, it has never been the pastime of
those who would play for money.
Like all other things it has its ebbs and
flows, its periods of publicity and its seem-
ing retirement. Perhaps it reached its
high-water mark in this country just before
the great civil war. It was then that Paul
Morphy had astonished the chess world
with his genius. His triumphs both at
home and abroad, and his return to the
Crescent City as the champion of the
world, helped in a wonderful degree to
spread the game, and those of culture and
leisure in the South, where class and social
distinctions were much more marked in
the days of slavery, gave their patronage
to chess.
With Morphy's retirement a reaction set
in until the advent of Mr. Steinitz gave a
new impetus to the game. His matches
with Zukertort. Tchigorin, Gunsberg and
Lasker, the great Sixth American Chess
Congress, helped materially to revive the
interest of the American public in the game.
The newspapers began to give space to
chess, ana with a few exceptions all the
great dailies have a regular chess column
to-day. The intercollegiate chess matches,
now an established fixture every year,
spread the knowledge of chess among
young men, hitherto chiefly addicted to
sports and athletics, and even students at
preparatory schools are taking up the
game.
But the increased interest, more than to
anything else, is due to the fact that once
more we have a national champion, the
peer of the greatest chess masters in the
whole world. But for him we probably
never would have had the cable matches
between London and Brooklyn and be-
tween the law-making bodies of the two
greatest nations of earth, which, in turn,
will lead to still further interest in the game.
iess °d the lawn, beneath the pleasant trees
lenmany K>ses fkisb the summer air?
JsndwithacHintbiMth therornin} bneze,
" roes up the valley fair
Tie leaves and bl°5s«ms. fall up°n the b°ard.
<flden injects thi5u«)htbebian<*3 tta>.
While K>j7 Kinw and Knights withoown arcl sw«Rl
M°ve thtoU* the roatic dream.
Winds the fair patoint o'ertlieenri>antc<l5fia&s.
"farted s°ftlyb/ "Mania's finders white;
The summer wind Sabzean °d°r bearj_
Tfie sky is chrysolite.
Be Wiseman's insult. Tuseys yphistry.
And Bennett's mummeries fan «ur tlru^Ns
The wine llask lies up°n the turf awl u» witWJwa
Play c^ess up°n the lawn.
crafty
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CHA&LE3 L F ITCH
14 Once upon a time " (which is a stereo-
typed and therefore perfectly safe way of
commencing a story), there was a certain
Bishop, whose subtle mind, unsuspected by
his humble followers of the laity and his
superiors in either Church or State, ran to
" treasons, stratagems and spoils/'
He was a White Bishop and he was
safely stationed on White territory, indeed
inhabiting the palace of the Queen, who
was then at the front with the King's army,
which had become greatly weakened in the
course of its long continued war with the
Blacks (the natural enemies of the Whites),
but was still vastly superior to the forces of
the sable adversary, both in actual power
and in strategical position.
The Bishop, having a military turn of
mind, followed closely, from his quiet re-
treat in the Queen's palace, the events of
the campaign, and, at a time when the
overwhelming defeat of the Blacks seemed
assured, this wily prelate discovered how
he might, without leaving White territory,
even against the will o? the Black King
and all his forces, bring about the complete
destruction of the White monarch. To
carry out this plan the aid of two White
rooks and, indeed, that of the White
Queen herself was indispensable. But as
for the rooks, they are naturally black
creatures anyway, so that it was not at all
difficult to lead them into the scheme, and
as for the Queen, the clergy are sometimes
supposed to be almost as influential with
the ladies as Satan himself, who is popularly
credited with having been the chief con-
fidant of the sex, even from the time when
mother Eve was "the first lady in the
land."
Appended you will find a map showing
the position of the hostile forces when the
Bishop, forgetting his oath of allegiance and
fealty, his many obligations to His Most
Christian Majesty, and even his natural
fidelity to the people of his own color, set
on foot his fearful machinations.
Alter it was all over many historians set
the Bishop down for mad, mainly, it is be-
lieved, because it could not be shown that
he had in any wise profited by the dire
calamities he caused.
Let each student survey the field of
battle and endeavor to discover for himself
how such a notable disaster was achieved.
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"The King is dead! Long live the
King!" Thus runs the herald's procla-
mation, and, true to historical precedent,
it chanced that the White King, whose
disastrous downfall we have witnessed, was
duly succeeded on the throne of his fathers
by another monarch of his own race. And
as the new ruler came to a realizing sense
of the resources at his command, he en-
gaged his forces in renewed hostilities
against his hereditary enemies, the Blacks.
As usual, the Whites assumed the aggres-
sive, and conducted a series of such hot
campaigns against the strongholds of the
adversary that, after a time, it seemed as if
the Blacks were doomed to absolute anni-
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hilation. Though fearfully thinned by the
-calamitous casualties incident to the prose-
cution of the war, the remnant of the
White troops were pressing confidently
forward to that decisive victory, which was
within their easy grasp, when the same
treacherous Bishop, who had unhappily
been restored to royal favor, again saw an
opportunity to bring defeat and disgrace
upon his own race. Instigated by some
diabolical influence, if not aided by witch-
craft and magic, that apparently holy man
suddenly became so active in support of
his natural enemies as to once more change
the course of historical events. He entered
upon Black territory this time, and accom-
plished some marvelous feats in aiding the
overthrow of his King. " There is, indeed,
a tradition that he was seen in two widely
separated places at precisely the same time.
But as that is clearly impossible, it seems
more likely that he caused some adherent
of his own to personate him at one of such
places. The position of the contending
forces is here again shown.
Black.
White.
White to play and sui-mate in 10 moves.
One would think that the events already
narrated would have brought the wicked
Bishop to an untimely end. But by the
exercise of his great subdety he managed
to escape the punishment he so richly de-
served, and lived to pile another act of
treason on those already accomplished.
Being by this time too well known to find
place in his own proper person among his
own people, he disguised himself, some au-
thorities say as a peasant, while others de-
clare as a foot soldier, and while pretending
to battle for the Whites, under still another
King, he once more manifested all his old-
time craftiness. On this occasion the con-
dition of the Black forces was deplorable
in the extreme. It is true that in one cor-
ner of the field some Black infantry held
the White King, with a small force of foot-
soldiery, at an apparent great disadvantage,
but really were not capable of inflicting
further injury. But in a distant portion of
the battle-ground the Black monarch and a
single faithful Knight were completely at
the mercy of the White Queen and her
yeomen. At this critical juncture the dis-
guised Bishop determined that the White
King and all his remaining adherents should
either be put to death or be delivered
bound hand and foot, incapable of the
slightest further movement, -into the hands
of the Blacks. The position of the oppos-
ing forces is again shown. You will have
no difficulty in recognizing- the treacherous
Bishop if you can catch his eye, for it is
impossible for a Bishop to look as stupid as
a peasant.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Chess in Philadelphia*
BY EMIL KEMENY.
Chess in Philadelphia is rapidly making
headway. There are more players than
used to be but a few years ago, and, gener-
ally speaking, they play better. The prin-
cipal resort is the Franklin Chess Club.
This organization fairly represents the chess
strength of the City of Brotherly Love.
The membership does not exceed one
hundred, yet there is no difficulty at all in
selecting a pretty strong team of fifteen or
twenty.
The Mercantile Library chess organiza-
tion has about one hundred members.
Since the chess-room is open to all members
of the library, we find a much larger number
indulging in play. Besides these two or-
ganizations, within the last few years, there
was formed the University of Pennsylvania
Chess Club, the Northwestern Chess Club,
the Steinitz Chess Club, and pretty nearly
every branch of the Y. M. C. A. has its
chess fraternity.
The Franklin Chess Club had last year,
in addition to the Championship Tourney,
a Handicap, Mr. Voigt being the winner of
both. The Mercantile Library champion-
ship was won by Mr. Geo. H. Stout (sec-
ond time). They arranged a Spring Tour-
ney, which is not decided yet. Mr. Maguire
or Mr. Stout will be the final winner.
The Pennsylvania State Chess Organiza-
tion was organized on Washington's Birth-
day, Mr. McCutcheon being elected presi-
dent. Mr. S. Warren Bampton won the
State Championship Tourney.
The final score of the Championship and
Handicap Tourneys at the Franklin Chess
Club are appended, also a game from that
Tourney and one from the Continental
Correspondence Tourney, the contestants
of which are Philadelphians.
Cup Tournament.
Won. Drawn. Lost.
Voigt, Herm. G 8 3 o
Morgan, J. P 6 3 1
Maguire, E. S 5 3 3
Shipley, W. P 4 4 3
Newman, C. J 4 4 3
Stuart, D 4 3 4
Kaiser, J. A 4 2 5
Ferris. W. J 344
Young, J. W 4 1 6
Perry-Smith, 0 1 2 8
S. W. Bampton and D. R. Wyeth withdrew.
Handicap Tournament.
Won.
Voigt, Herm. G i6#
Bampton, S. W I2#
Maguire, E. S i2#
Young, J. W i2>£
Stuart, D 12
Morgan, J. P n
Shipley, W. P 11
Bartow, J. B 11
Livingston, M io#
Knox, Jas. L 10
Markland, M. B 10
Brown, H » 8
Garde, C. P 7#
Sweeney, F 7
Landreth, L 6*4
Rowland, R 6
Whitecar, F 6
Nass, Geo 3
Perry, Smith O., withdrew.
Lost.
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7
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16
From the Championship Tourney, Franklin
C. C, 1897.
Notes by Emil Kemeny.
Ruy Lopez.
White.
Mr. S. W. Bampton.
1P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3B-Kt5
4 Castles
5P-Q4
6Q-K2
7BxKt '
8PxP
9Kt-Q4
10 Kt— B 5
Black.
Mr. Herm. G. Voigt.
1P-K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 Kt-B 3
4KtxP
5B-K2
6Kt-Q3
7 KtPxB
8 Kt— Kt 2
9 Kt— B 4
10 Kt— K 3
White, instead of Kt — B 5, should have played
Kt— QB 3, or P— QKt 3, followed by B— Kt 2.
iiQ-Kt4
11 B— Bsq
He could not well Castles on account of
KtxKtP followed by B— R 6, or of B— R 6 at
once.
12 Kt— B 3
13 P-QKt 3
14 P— KB 4
15 Kt— Kt 3
16 P-QR 3
17 Q-B 3
18 K— R sq
19 P-B 5
2oKtxKt
21 Kt— K2
12 R— QKt sq
13 R— Kt 5
14 P—KKt 3
15P--Q4
16 Kt— Kt 2
17 B— B 4 ch
18 OR— Kt sq
i9KtxP
2oBxKt
White's 19th move sacrificing the KBP was
hardly sound, but it was an ingenious play,
leading to a lively attack. By forcing the ex-
change of Kt's, white was enabled to bring
his QKt into action.
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22 B— Kt2
23 Q-Kt 3
24 R— B3
25 OR— KB sq
26 Kt— B 4
27Q-B2
28 R— Kt 3
29 Kt— R 5
30 RxB ch
31 Q— B 6 ch
32 R— B 5
21 Q-K2
22 B— K3
23Q— Q2
24 B — B sq
25 B— Kt 2
26 Castles
27 P-QR 4
28 KR— K sq
29 PxKt
30KXR
31 K— Kt sq
White by brilliant play secured perpetual
check, with which he should have been satis-
fied. R— B 5 was hazardous and gives black a
winning game, for if he replies Q— Q sq, as
pointed out by Mr. Voigt right after the game,
he escapes perpetual check and, being a Rook
ahead, wins easily.
32 BxR
An unfortunate error which gives white an
easy win. See diagram.
33P-K6
33P-Q5
The only move, for if Q, R or BxP. then Q—
Kt 7 mate ; and if PxP, then Q— R 8 ch followed
by Q— Kt 7 mate.
34 BxP
35 QxQ
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Black— Mr. Herm. G. Voigt.
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White at this stage had an easy win. He
should have played PxP ch, PxR (Q) double
ch and QxQ. Mr. Bampton labored under the
impression that black would answer RxQ
threatening; mate, and therefore played QxQ at
once, which leaves black with two Rooks and a
Bishop against the Queen.
35RxP
Resigns.
The Match Between the Brooklyn and British Chess Clubs*
Early Preparation for the Next Cable Contest*
At the last meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Brooklyn Chess Club, a reso-
lution was passed appointing a committee,
with Vice-President R. R. Williams as
chairman, to make arrangements for the
cable match with the British Chess Club,
the challenge for which was forwarded a
month ago. The object of this early prepa-
ration is that the selection of the team snail
not be left till the last hours, and in order
that the committee may have more guid-
ance in the selection of the players a tourna-
ment will be arranged as soon as possible,
to which all the strong players of the coun-
try will probably be invited to enter.
Another resolution was introduced to in-
vite the co-operation of all the leading chess
clubs in the United States in the arranging
of the match. Just how the co-operation
is to be brought about is not stated, but
the intention seems to be to invite the other
clubs to send representatives, who will form
part of the committee and will have a voice
in the naming of the players.
Both of these plans, if carried out, will
meet the approval of the members of the
club, as the methods adopted in both of
the previous matches have evoked criti-
cism, and leading players of Philadelphia,
when invited to pfay on the team, posi-
tively refused to do so.
Just how the new ideas will work in the
next contest is a matter of speculation, but
there is no doubt that they will be con-
ducive to harmony.
The match will not be played till Feb-
ruary, 1898. The British Chess Club has
accepted the challenge.
Mr. Pillsbury's Great Performances*
Blindfold Seance at Brooklyn.
Patriots may feel just pride in the fact
that in Mr. Pillsbury, America has the
greatest living exponent of the most
attractive kind of exhibition chess, the art
of playing without sight of board and
men. Since the demise of J. H. Zukertort,
Blackburne has ruled supreme in this do-
main, but he is growing old and the sceptre
has now passed into the hands of the young
American champion. Mr. Pillsbury always
has shown remarkable aptitude for blind-
fold chess and he has played eight and ten
games before with great success. These
exhibitions, however, were a great strain
upon him, and for a long time he refrained
from giving similar performances for that
reason. To his own astonishment he,
however, discovered in the course of his
recent exhibitions at Washington, that it
now came easy and without exertion. Ex-
perience taught him to play the opening
moves slowly, whereas tormerly he used to
run through this part very fast and to give
to each game a characteristic trait which
enables him to keep them apart, which is
one of the most difficult incidents in the
task of a blindfold performer. On one
occasion at Washington he was playing
black on four boards and every one of his
opponents had started in with a Giuoco
piano. The opening moves were made
uniformly on all boards until the hoped-
for deviation came, namely : — One played
P to K R 3, the next one P to Q R 3. Of
course, Pillsbury did not derive great com-
fort from the change. To make matters
worse, in another game Pillsbury had
played his B to K 3, to which his opponent
replied B to K Kt 5, while in the next
game Pillsbury's B stood at K Kt 5 and the
opponent's at K 3. Pillsbury said it was
the hardest part of that performance not to
mix up the games, and he rather would
have been pitted against a larger and
stronger team, provided each game had a
more defined individual character.
Mr. Pillsbury's performance at the
Brooklyn Chess Club took place on Satur-
day, June 6. He contended against nine
opponents, seven single-handed and two
consulting on Board 7. Mr. Pillsbury
played with great accuracy and in remark-
ably fast time, the whole seance taking less
than four hours. He frequently startled
opponents and onlookers by his combina-
tions, and the announcement of a forced
mate in tour moves brought forth a volley
of applause. Only two of his opponents
were permitted to araw their games. Sec-
retary Chadwick put up an up-hill game,
and fully earned the division of honors.
Against Thompson the champion had
worked out an exceedingly pretty mating
combination, but in pursuance failed to
move his King to the proper square, and
had to fall back on a perpetual check for a
draw. This was the only thing in the na-
ture of a slip that occurred throughout the
entire exhibition, Pillsbury keeping track
of the ever- varying positions with an aston-
ishing clearness of vision. The games were
unusually short and only one exceeded 30
moves in length, the average being 23^.
A synopsis of the exhibition is appended :
B'ds. Opponents. Openings. Moves. Sc.
I...F. I. Marshall. ....••French defence.. .36 o
2...S. H. Chadwick.... Ruy Lopez 25 J
3...D. G. Wright Vienna 23 o
4...R. S. Otto Irregular 24 o
5. ..Dr. S. T. King Two knights def.-ij o
6...D. B. Thompson. ..French 28 J
_ / C. E. Hotchkiss \ r\„-^«»o ~k* a<*~ «q
7\L.J. Hunt } Queen sgbtdec.28 o
8.. J. J. DeLong King's gambit 11 o
Total score— Pillsbury won 6, lost o, drew 2.
Simultaneous at Washington*
Mr. Pillsbury gave in Washington
one of the most wonderful exhibitions
of chess playing ever seen in this coun-
try, perhaps in any other country.
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He essayed to play against thirty chess
and six checker players simultaneously.
The combination of the two was, it is
believed, never attempted by any other
player, at least to the same extent. Against
him were pitted most of the strong players
of the District, including F. M. Wright,
District champion; L. Tharp, F. A.
Cooley, Capt. J. P. Walker, E. A. Tib-
betts and J. W. Harris, of Alexandria.
The single player excelled the expectations
of his many admirers here, winning twenty-
seven out of the thirty chess games, and
drawing the remaining three. He also
won four checker games, lost one and
drew one. The players were arranged in
the form of a hollow square, extending
through the two rooms. Around the
players was a large crowd of spectators,
among whom were a number of distin-
guished visitors, including Representatives
Shannon, Bodine and Shafroth, of the
cable match team, and Cousins, of Iowa ;
the Earl of Westmeath, Mr. Truxton
Beale and Mr. Berry, of the Metropolitan
Club ; and F. A. SfcConaughty, of Bell-
ville, Illinois. Representatives Ball, of
Texas, and Wheeler, of Alabama, played
against the champion.
The match began shortly after 8 o'clock
and was not completed until after 1, Mr.
W. E. Thomas' game being the last one
completed. Pillsbury won twenty-seven
games of chess, and four of checkers, and
lost only one game of checkers j the others
were draws. A synopsis is appended :
Chess.
Opening.
3
Vi
V
Wm Finn Ruy Lopez o
L. Tharp Vienna %,
J. W. Harris K. Gam. dec o
J. S. Martin, Jr Sicilian o
Whitehouse Q. Gam. dec o
T. H. Ball Center Gambit.... o
Douglas 2 Kt. def. o
Dr. Seermann Vienna o
{. E. K. Ray Q. Gam. dec o
. Kirkman French o
)r. W. A. Croflfutt ....Philidor o
Dr. M. S. Hawkins. ...French o
Henry R. Payne Evans o
F. W. Tucker French o
E. A. Ruebsam Ruy Lopez o
Parkins Scotch o
J. Schiffmann K. Gam. dec o
W. B. Mundelle Vienna o
E. B Chambers Evans o
W. S. Kaye K. Gam. dec o
W. E. Thomas Ponziano K
F. A. Cooley 2 Kts. def. #
R. S. Davis Irregular o
J. P. Walker Q. Gam. dec o
Gen. Wheeler Petroff o
J. W. Couch Vienna o
E. A. Tibbetts French o
F. M. Wright K. B. Gambit o
A. E. Crofts Ruy Lopez o
Dr. Welch Irregular o
Checkers
S. O. Wendell ..Single corner # ...
F. E. Potts Cross 1 43
L. O. Robbins ..Sec. double cor... o ...
T. H. Macdonald Single corner o ...
G.Miller Fife o ...
Prof. Jackson Whilter o ...
Mr. Pillsbury had first move in all the games.
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56
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33
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Luengene's Chess Club*
Since organiza-
tion, nearly eight
years ago, the
place of meeting
has been 23 Clin-
ton Place. The
club takes its name
from Mr. G. F.
Luengene, propri-
etor of the club
premises, whose
photo appears
above, and whose
pleasant face and
genial manners al-
ways welcome visi-
tors.
Among the vet-
erans of the club we might mention Capt.
Hall, Dr. Wilmer, A. C. Hunt, J. H. Evans,
H. Kellogg, W. Saks, L. Meyer, A. Hut-
schenreuther, Wilson Bell, all careful students
oi the game, and last, but not least, G. F.
Luengene, mine host of the club, who can,
when he wishes, make any of them " hus-
tle " to come of! best. One of the organizers
and probably strongest players of the club was
the late J. H. Sweeney.
The eighth annual handicap tournament, in
which fourteen of the members took part, is not
yet completed. C. Stirling is in the lead, with
the good record of 21 games won and 2 lost.
The club has about 40 active members. Its
officers are : Capt. Hall, president ; E. W.
Shropshire, 1st vice-president; A. Hutschen-
reuther, 2d vice-president ; L. Meyer, secre-
tary ; G. F. Luengene, treasurer.
THE THEORY OF END PLAY.
i.
ROOK AND BISHOP AGAINST ROOK.
{Continued from No. /.)
III.
Position HI is won for white, no matter
whose move it is. The check at the dis-
posal of black is of no consequence ; on the
contrary, it soon leads to a corner position,
as in I, viz. : i ...R — R 2 ch ; 2 K — Kt 6,
R— Kt 7 ch ; K— B 6. If white has the
first move, he, however, must not proceed
as in I and II, because after 1 R — B 8 ch,
R — Kt sg ; 2 R — B 7, black replies R —
Kt 2, which Rook cannot be taken on ac-
count of the stalemate. White may, how-
ever, win by 2 R — B 4, as pointed out by
Euclid (A. Crosskill in Beverley) in Chess
Player's Magazine. His analysis deals
with the variations 2 ...R — Kt 2 ; 2 ...R —
Kt 6 ; 2 ...R— Kt 7 ; 2 ...R— Kt 8 and 2
...R — K sg, etc., from which it may be in-
ferred that in some measure any Rook-move
by white accomplishes the end. The fol-
lowing line of play is the most direct :
1 R— KB sq 1 R— Kt 7
(a) 1 ...R— R 7 ch ; 2 K— Kt 6, R— Kt 7 ch ;
3 K— B 6, R— Kt 7 ; 4 B— Kt 6, R— B 7 ch ; 5
B— B 5, R— Kt 7 ; 6 R—R sq ch, followed by
B — Q 6 ch, as in I ; or 3 ...R — Kt sq or K — R 2 ;
4 B— B 7, R— Kt 2 or K— R sq ; 5 B— Kt 6, etc .,
or 3 ...R— KR 2 ; 4 R— B 8 ch followed by B—
Kt 6 ch.
{b) 1 ...R— Kt sq ; 2 B— B 7, R— K sq (if
R-QB sq, 3 K-Kt 6) ; 3 B-Q 6, R-Q sq ; 4
R— B 6 I R— QB sq ; 5 K— Kt 6, R— Q sq ; 6
R— KKt 6, R— K sq or KB sq ; 7 R— Kt 5 (Kt
sq, etc.) and wins.
2R-B6
The continuation 2 R— B4, R— Kt 8 ; 3 B— Kt
4 only draws on account of 3 -~RxB ; 4 RxR
stalemate.
2 ... 2 R— Kt 8
Or 2 ...R— Kt sq ; 3 B— B 7, R— QB sq ; 4
K— Kt 6 followed by B-Q 6, as above, var. {b).
If 2 ...R— Kt 2, then 3 R— KR 6, compelling
black to adopt one of the three preceding con-
tinuations (main variation or var. (a) or (b)).
The following line ot play is worthy of note :
3 R— KR 6, R-R 2 ch ; 4 K— Kt 6, R— Kt 2
ch ; 5 ...K— B 6, K— R 2 ; 6 R— KR 4, R— Kt
8 ; 7 B— Kt 4, K— R 6; 8 R—R 8, R— B 8 ch ;
9 B— B 5, etc., or 6 ...R— KKt 7 ; 7 B— B 7, R
— Kt 3 ch ; 8 B— Q 6, etc , or 6 ...K— R 3 ; 7 R
— QR 4 ! etc., or 6 ...R— Kt sq ; 7 B— B 7, etc.
3 B— Kt 6
4 K-Kt 5
3 R—R 8 ch
4 K— Kt 2
If 4 ...R— Kt 8 ch, 5 K— B 6, R— B 8 ch ; 6
B— B 5, or if 4 ...R— QB 8 ; 5 B— B 5 followed
by K— B 6 resp. R— KB 7 ch and K— B 6.
5 R— B 7 ch 5 K— B sq
6 K— B 6 6 R— B 8 ch
7 B— B 5 7 R— 9 8
8 R— QR 7 and wins as in Position II.
{b) Cf. note to black's third move. In that
variation white Rook was played to OR 7 al-
ready on the fourth move, whereupon black by
R— QKt 8 ; 5 B-R 3, K— Kt sq ; 6 R— K 7
could hold out until the twelfth move. There-
from it follows that in Position III white wins
against the best defence in sixteen moves at the
most.
With black to move and his Rook guarding
the top row, the game becomes more difficult
and drawn out ; as pointed out by A. Crosskill
(Euclid) in a position originally put up by Kling
and Kuiper.
1 ... 1 R— K sq (KB sq, KKt sq)
If R— Kt 7, then 2 R— KR 6 as in III.
2B— B 7
R— KR 6 would be met with K— Kt sq ; 3 R—
QB 6, R— QB sq.
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3 B-Kt 6
4R— R6
5R— QB6
2 R— K 3 ch !
3 R— K sq
4 K— Kt sq
5 R—R sq!
5 ...R — QB sq now would be bad on account
of B— R 7 ch, etc ; if 5 ...R— K 2 then 6 B— B 5,
R— K sq ; 7 B— Q 6 ch, K— R sq ; 8 R— QB 7 ;
if 5 ...R— KB sq, K Kt sq, or KR sq, then like-
wise 6 B — B 5 continued eventually with ...K —
R sq ; 7 B-Q6, R— Q sq ; 8 K— Kt 6, R— K sq,
or KB sq ; 9 R — B 5 and wins.
6B-Q4
B— B 7 would permit of 6 ...R— K 7 ; 7 B— Q
6, R—R 7 ch ; 8 K— Kt 6, R—R 3 ch or 7 B— R
5, K— Kt sq ; 8 R— Q 6, R— K sq ; or 7 R— KB
6, R — K 3 ch. All the subsequent moves are
attacking as well as preventing a possible stale-
mate.
6 ... 6 R— Q Kt sq
If K — Kt sq, white runs into known variations
by 7 K— Kt 6. R— K 8 (K— R sq ; 8 B— K 5, R—
K 3 ; 9 B— Q 6, etc.) ; 8 R— KB 6, R— Kt 8 ch,
9 K— B 6. The move above prevents 7 B — K 5,
which would be answered by R — Kt 3 ch.
7 R— K 6 7 R— QB sq
8 B-B 3 ! 8 R— Q Kt sq
If 8 ...K— Kt sq, then 9 B— K 5 ch, K— R sq ;
10 K— Kt 6. If 8 ...R— KB sq or Q sq, then
likewise 9 B — K 5.
9 R— K 2 9 R— Q sq
If 9 ...R— QB sq or K Kt sq, then 10 K— Kt 3,
and if then R— Kt 3 ch ; 11 K— B 7.
10 K-Kt 6 10 K— Kt sq I
11 B— Kt4 11 K— Bsq
Not 11 ...K — R sq. because of 12 K— B 7. If
11 ...R— K Kt sq, then 12 B— Q 6 ch, K— B sq ;
13 K— B 6.
12 K— B 6 12 R— Q 2
13 R— K 8 ch 13 R— Q sq
14 R— K 7 14 R— K Kt sq
To adopt a defence as in II, var. (d) would
be disadvantageous for black, the important
square, Q 7, being inaccessible. If 14. ..R — Q 5
then 15 R— KB 7, R— B 5 ch, or K— Kt sq ;
16 B— B 5 or if 15...R— Q sq ; 16 B— K 7 fol-
lowed by R— KB 4.
15B— Q6
White may also play R — QR 7, as in position
II (*)•
15... 15 K— Q sq !
If any other move, then 16 R — QR 7.
16 R— K 6 ! 16 R—R sq
17 B— K 5 17 R— B sq
...R— Kt sq ; 18 B — B 6 ch shortens the play
one move.
18 B— Kt 7 18 R— Kt sq
19 B— B 6 ch 19 K— B sq .
20 R— K 4 20 R— B sq
If 20...K— Kt sq, then 21 B— K 5 ch, K— B
sq ; 22 R— QKt 4, R— Kt 3 ch ; 23 B— Q 6, and
eventually 24 R — Kt 8 mate or 22,.. K — Q sq ;
23 R— Kt 8 ch, followed by.RxR.
21 B— Kt 7 21 R— Kt sq
22 R— QR 4
winning the Rook, or (if K — Kt sq) mate in
two moves.
The last ten moves (beginning with 15 B — Q 6)
indicate a possible second solution to var. (a) in
Position I, which deserves even preference as
it takes one move less and has not so many
subvariations.
(to be continued.)
The Pilfsbury National Correspondence
Chess Association*
BY EUGENE SOBERNHEIM.
Any movement
which aims at
popularizing our
royal game in the
United States
should be heartily
welcomed by all
lovers of intel-
lectual pastimes,
among which chess
stands facile prin-
ceps. We have had
any number of
prize fights, but
very few chess
tournaments. What
is the cause of
this discreditable
state of affairs ? It is certainly not the want of
intel' ectuality, but the absence of a national or
sectional organization, such as exist in
England and Germany, the chess countries
par excellence. Chess is in a deplorable
state of negligence outside of the cities
of New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Chicago, with two million inhabitants, has
not produced a single player of even national
reputation. Two of our great native experts,
Showalter and Hodges, although hailinjg from
the South, have gained their mastership in New
York. And even New York cannot bear com-
parison with European chess centres. London,
with four million inhabitants, has about 40 chess
clubs, and our imperial city counts about a half
dozen, of which number only two are first-
class. Still, our country is not behindhand in
first-rates, and it would be no hard matter to
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
pick out a team of experts who would be for-
midable opponents to a like number of masters
from abroad. Still, as we all know, our royal
game is not as popular here as on the other
side. The reason, in our opinion, is that chess
in the United States is not played publicly in
cafes, as is the* universal custom in European
countries. In the smallest town in Austria, for
instance, the visitor will find a half dozen games
under way if he enters the cafe" of the town, and
unless he be a master, he is very likely to find
his match there. Not so with us. Under these
circumstances, the lovers of the game all over
the country should hail with satisfaction the
advent of the " Pillsbury National Correspond-
ence Association." Its object is to put an occa-
sional game of chess within the reach of every
chessist in the land by means of correspondence
fames. Any person wishing to become a mem-
er can do so at the merely nominal outlay of
50 cents annually. Then, by communicating
with the secretary, he will be matched with any
available player, or with a player of his own
choosing. The association has its headquarters
in Chicago at 7332 (!) Harvard Avenue. (We
hasten to apologize beforehand to our readers
if, inadvertently, we should have dropped a
half dozen or so of figures of the above stupen-
dous street number.) Mr. Edward T. Runge
is president and Mr. Edward J. Napier is corre-
sponding secretary of the association. Mr. A.
B. Hodges, that genial gentleman and great
expert, has consented to act as critic for the
association.
Now, while we are in entire sympathy with
the aims and aspirations of the Pillsbury Cor-
respondence Association and are willing to fur-
ther it wherever we may, still we look upon it
only as a stepping-stone towards the organiza-
tion of a national chess association, whose prin-
cipal object would be to arrange sectional, na-
tional and international tournaments similar to
those held annually and bi-annually in England,
Austria and Germany. These chess gatherings
are indispensable for the development of enthu-
siasm for our royal game. Correspondence
chess is good enough as far as it goes, but its
usefulness will be mainly limited to smaller
towns and weaker players. We have no doubt
that the enterprising Westerners who have em-
barked in the present venture are looking for-
ward to the realization of wishes which have
long been entertained by a large number of
practitioners all over the country and would be
glad to use what influence we may have for the
propagation of this worthy cause.
We also wish to say a few words in regard to
a pamphlet issued by the association, which
contains hints on correspondence chess play
and which is edited by the Rev. Leander Tur-
ney and Mr. W. P. Shipley conjointly. While
Mr. Shipley recommends the use of Gambits,
the Rev. Mr. Turney would fain banish them
from correspondence play. We are most de-
cidedly in favor of the open game and the gam-
bit for the following reasons.
The close opening cannot be avoided in
games over the board where the players are
restricted by the time limit, and are besides
harassed by many other unavoidable circum-
stances,, which space does not permit to dilate
upon. Gambits in which Pawns, are sacrificed
should be well-nigh the rule in correspondence
tournaments, in which the player has all the
desirable sang froid and nonchalance at his
command. The close opening does not aim at
really fine chess, the clashing of two subtle
intellects, the striving of minds for mental
mastery ; no, the close opening aims at shekels
and nothing else. Where the mind is un-
encumbered by these material considerations
there it should be given full sway, and the
imagination, that winged eagle, should be en-
abled to spread its pinions and soar aloft
among the clouds. Don't then, my dear cor-
respondence chessist, try to weary your op-
ponent by dull repetitions and meaningless
waiting moves, don't tread the beaten paths
of the stereotyped openings ; there is in the
primeval forests of chessland, many an acre of
virgin soil which awaits the plough of the
analyst. No style of chess is better suited for
these explorations than correspondence tour-
neys. The ulterior aim of the amateur chess
player ought not so much to be the winning of
a game, but the playing of a fine game. Sound-
ness, therefore, though being a very desirable
quality, should not be cultivated to the detri-
ment of all that is calculated to arouse en-
thusiasm in the fine display of the powers of
combination. The ox at the plough is a more
useful animal than the race-horse, still the
latter appeals much more to our fine sensi-
bilities than the former. So don't, my dear
brethren in Caissa, make the simile of the ox
applicable to yourselves and go in for it every
time. If you win, all the more's the glory ; if
you lose, your efforts are none the less com-
mendable. Upon the whole it must be ad-
mitted that the Pillsbury Correspondence
Association has been started with that push,
enterprise and energy with which the Chicago-
ans are so justly credited, and which justifies
the most hopeful anticipations for a bright
future for the Association.
with the same interest as before, although
they give the weaker player an oppor-
tunity to test his strength on a first-class
opponent, and at the same time the single
player and his adversaries are placed on a level,
which otherwise could only be brought about
by the giving and taking respectively of odds.
Performances of this kind, however, have
lately been overdone, and the single player
generally finds himself in a very embarrassing
position. If he makes a good score, there
is no particular merit attached to it ; if he
makes a bad score, he has made himself
ridiculous. The position of the opposing player
s-^ is no more favorable ;
if he loses, it is, of
course, no credit,
whereas if he wins, he
has done nothing to
be proud of. For this
reason simultaneous
performances have
ceased to be great at-
tractions, unless they
are given by a player
of world-wide reputa-
tion, likeLasker, Fills-
bury or Stein itz.
The Cosmopolitan
Chess Club made a
lucky hit in inviting the
Past Master to give his
thirty years has held the championship of the
world. The strongest players of the club, how-
ever, did not play, for some reason or other.
Before play started Mr. Steinitz inquired
where the strongest players were seated. Some
three or four were pointed out to htm. where-
upon he offered a gambit to everyone of them.
Mr. Steinitz was in very good form, and met
not a single reverse. Only three of his oppo-
nents were fortunate in drawing a game, while
he scored the remaining fifteen. A synopsis of
the performance is appended :
i S. Newmann King's Gambit dec... o
1 A. Widmer King's Gambit dec... o
3 F. Martin Vienna o
4 S. Simon .French o
5 M. D. Rome French o
6 H. Steinberg Giuoco Piano o
7 W. H. Clay King's Gambit o
8 A. D. Dalbot King's Gambit dec... o
9 G. A. Rhame French o
to E H. Cochrane.. King's Gambit dec ..'A
it K. Kaufmann Vienna o
la .... E. D. Lesser King's Gambit dec...}£
13 F. Powers Cunningham o
14 H. Hammond.... Kieseritsky ]i
15 M. Spinnocet Vienna o
16 S. Voron French %
17 H.Schiller French o
18 D. Terker. Falkheer counter o
Total— Steinitz won 15, lost o, drew 3.
9*
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
An Exploded Myth*
I.
From the Washington Post.
Some old time chess players, who strolled
into the Judiciary Committee room yesterday,
where the games were reproduced, were puz-
zled to see that on every board the King stood
where the Queen ought to stand, and vice versa.
This was readily explained, however, by the
statement that this had been done for many
years by British players, in honor of Queen
Victoria, the piece bearing the crown now rep-
resenting the Queen instead of the King, as in
the days where the royal game had its origin.
This has been done in England, it is said,
ever since the time of Henry Staunton, a famous
chess player, who first changed the pieces out
of compliment to the then young ana beautiful
Queen Victoria. However, while the pieces
nave thus been changed, the play has not. The
crowned head, representing the Queen, does
not stay at home near her Castles for self pro-
tection, but skims with rapid movements the
whole field of war, just as queens were wont to
do, while the quondam Queen now the King,
trembles as of old at the constantly threatening
danger of checkmate.
Older players, who obtained their knowledge
of chess in their youth from Hoyle, could not
reconcile themselves to the change, and were a
living proof of the fact that, while times are con-
tinually changing, we are not always changed
with them.
II.
From the Charleston News.
The facts are that neither Staunton ("Ho ward, ' '
and not "Henry," we may observe), nor any-
one else has ever made any difference in the
position of the King and Queen at chess, nor
any real alteration, even in the form of the
pieces representing these dignitaries in the
royal game. Staunton designed — about the
year i860 — by the way, only twenty-three years
after Queen Victoria had been on the throne —
what has ever since been known as the " Staun-
ton pattern" chessmen, a form of men distin-
guished by their beauty and stability, in which
the Queen wears no crown at all, as mentioned
in the article in the Postf but a simple coronet,
while the King is readily distinguishable alike
by his superior size and by the fact that the
head of the piece is shaped as nearly as possi-
ble in the form of an unmistakable imperial
diadem, surmounted with the Maltese cross, as
is usual thereon. The "Staunton chessmen "
have been familiar to all even fairly informed
chess players for nearly 40 years past, and we
feel assured that any one of those who wit-
nessed the play in the recent cable match, and
who felt surprise at the pieces, must, in fact,
have received his chess training and lore from
Hoyle, who, by the way, may do as an au-
thority on cards, but who is surely none such
on the royal game. It is with regret that we
feel compelled, in the interest of the cold truth,
to smash this little fable which otherwise might
have constituted one of the many pleasing fic-
tions of the jubilee year.
HI.
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
A rather ridiculous "sea-serpent" story is
making the round of the newspapers, stating
that the position of King and Queen on the
chess board had been reversed by Howard
Staunton out of compliment to the then young
and beautiful Queen Victoria, and that older
chess players, who obtained their knowledge
of chess in their youth from Hoyle, are greatly
puzzled to see the new arrangement. Of course
there is not a bit of truth in the yarn. The pre-
vailing form of chess has been established since
the year 1600. Up to the year 1200 chess was
played as by the Arabs. The Queen then could
move only one square, but in any direction ; the
Bishop was limited to three squares on the di-
agonal, but could jump any intervening piece
or Pawn. The remaining pieces had the same
movements as to-day, only the King once in
the game could jump to the third sauare in any
portion. This leap was preserved until 1600,
when it was superseded by castling, and ever
since the position. and movements of the pieces
has been the same as nowadays. Chess games
on record by the Spanish and Italian masters ot
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the
books by Ponziani, Philidor, Allgaier, Lewis,
Cochrane and Walker, the matches between
Deschapelles and Cochrane, Labourdonnais
and Macdonnell and Staunton and St. Amant
easily dispose of the claim, and last, not least,
no single man could ever have effected a change
in a game which belongs to the whole world lor
so trivial a cause. Chess players who learned
the game from Hoyle may slumber in peace,
for they will set up the men in their right places
if they only remember their lessons well.
Chess Sans Voir at Worcester*
Anent Pillsbury's blindfold performances a
correspondent writes the following letter to the
Worcester Spy :
' • Worcester once had a chess club, of which Capt D,
Waldo Lincoln, a strong player, was president. They had
rooms on Elm Street, opposite the Lincoln House, and de-
veloped some wonderful players.
Edward Hamilton, Esq., became an expert on one
game blindfolded ; but a young man by the name of Wil-
son, about 16 or 18 years old. who was a clerk In Prout's
book store, before Putnam. Davis & Co., joined the club
and developed into a perfect Morphy. He had a great
memory and studied the game in all Its details. During
a regatta held at Lake Quinsigamond he played at old
Brinley Hall three games simultaneously without seeing
either board— one with Amherst, one with Yale and one
with Harvard. He won one, lost one and made one
draw.
I have made diligent inquiry, but cannot obtain any
information of what became of him after he left Wor-
cester ; but I am sure if he was alive in the late war. he
was a great planner of battles, perhaps a second Grant.
I remember but one survivor of that club-John A.
Dana, Esq.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
93
Chess in Omaha*
Some of the Men Who Are Devoted to the
Game*
Although the chess interest in Omaha is rep-
resented by no organized body, it is none the
less active in an informal way, and there are
places where the lover of the checkered board
may sit down to as strong a game as his taste
and ability may recommend to him. The rem-
nant of the Omaha Chess Club— which a few
years ago had a membership roll of nearly 100 in
its quarters in the New York Life building— now
meets across the tables in the Young Men's
Christian Association parlors, which organiza-
tion has fallen heir to the furnishings of the old
club. Here a vigorous chess progeny has
grown up about the old guard, ana almost any
afternoon games are played worthy of record
and study.
One of the most experienced and skillful of
the players is George E. Barker, vice-president
of the National Bank of Commerce, who can
yield a Knight or a Queen's Rook to most of
the local enthusiasts.
Mr. J. J. Points, a lawyer and a born chess
player, is another of the old-timers in local
chessdom. In addition to general excellence,
Mr. Points possesses an unusual cleverness in
the manipulation ot Pawns. .
A man with a long chess experience in the
East, as well as a local reputation, is La Rue
Williams, of South Omaha. Mr. Williams was
for some time a chess correspondent of a New
York newspaper. He has met men of national
reputation with satisfactory results. In a cer-
tain exhibition game, Pollock, the Canadian
champion, played simultaneously with six op-
ponents, of whom Mr. Williams was one. Mr.
Williams was so successful as to secure one of
the two games which were his portion of the
match. His experience as a problemist enables
Mr. Williams to project sudden and unexpected
attacks, and he is known and feared tor his
"traps."
A player of no lesser rank is W. R. Lighton,
who finds time for an occasional game. Mr.
Lighton was for several years the chess editor
of the Kansas City Journal. He is primarily
a student of the game.
The cloth is well represented about the tables,
and especially the Baptist denomination— Revs.
W. W. Everts, of Beth Eden, and T. L. Ketman,
of the First church, being both able to appre-
ciate good chess.
Lincoln as a Chess-Player*
Mr. Lincoln was very partial to and quite
skillful in the game of chess, and a few years
before he was made President, Judge Samuel
H. Treat a grave and learned gentleman, then
Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, was
his frequent antagonist, and probably a little
his superior as a player, writes G. M. McCon-
nel in the Chicago Times-Herald. In the hot
months of summer, Springfield was a sleepy
place, and one sweltering summer noontide
these two friends were having an engrossing
game in the still, deserted Supreme Court
room, with the board on their knees between
them. In the critical stage of the closely con-
tested game, while Treat was deeply pondering
a move, Lincoln's son "Tod," then probably
8 or 10 years old, came suddenly into the room
and, laying his hand on his father's shoulder,
said, insistently: "Pa! Ma says for you to
come down home right away. She wants you. ' '
"All right, Tod," said his father, abstract-
edly, "you run home and tell her I'll be there
in a minute."
The boy had probably some experience ot
what " in a minute " meant when chess was in
question, and he muttered something with an
ominous shake of the head, but walked quietly
to the door and waited there several minutes.
Treat did not stir, but studied the board with
the closest attention, and Lincoln sat motion-
less. Presently the boy came back, gave his
father a little shake, ana repeated :
"I say, ma wants you to come down home
right away ! She wants you now !"
"Sh-sh ! Tod ! Yes— yes — in a minute — in a
minute," said his father, with a deprecatory
wave of his hand, but without taking his eyes
from the board.
The boy stood for a minute or two in petu-
lant impatience, and then, suddenly lifting his
foot, with a vigorous kick he sent the board and
the chessmen flying about the room. Treat
sprang to his feet, his usually quiet visage flam-
ing with wrath, but clinched his teeth and said
nothing. Mr. Lincoln dropped back in his
chair with a curious laugh of amused dismay,
looked up with unruffled good humor and saia :
"Well, Judge, I guess that's Tod's game!
You set 'em up again and we'll have it out some
other day. Come along, Tod. Let's go see
what ma wants," and without other words he
took the boy by the hand and strode calmly
away toward home.
The incident did not promise much in respect
of disciplinary force in the matter of " bringing
up" a boy "in the way he should go," but it
did throw a strong light on that wonderful
quality of serene and endless patience that ear-
ned him undismayed through the most appall-
ing perplexities and responsibilities that have
confronted any statesman of modern times.
Jottings*
The match between Messrs. Brownell and
Intropidi, 5 games up, at St. George's Men's
Club, resulted as follows :
Intropidi o o 1 o o 1 1 1
Brownell 1 1 o 1 1000
1—5
0—4
F.T. Marshall, the young expert of the Brook-
lyn Chess Club, has been challenged to a match
for $50 a side by F. Sournin. a young Russian,
who recently became prominent in the Man-
hattan Chess Club, of New York. The match
is 7 games up and played alternately at the
Manhattan ana Brooklyn Chess Clubs.
Franklin vs. Manhattan*
Mr. William Steinitz, adjudicating upon the
Elson-Halpern game has awarded it to the
Franklin Chess Club. The win is forced as
follows : (Compare diagram in June number).
I R— Kt 2, P— B 4 ; 2 R— B 3, R— R 3 ; 3
P— Q R 3, Kt— B 3 ; 4 R— Q B 3, followed by
R— Q 2, Kt— Kt 5 and R— Q 6.
Mr. Steinitz also, with the consent of the
Manhattan Chess Club, reconsidered his de-
cision in the game between Messrs. Lipschutz
and Young, declaring it finally a draw. The
corrected score of the match is now as follows:
Franklin.
Herm. G Voigt.. yi
A. K. Robinson .. o
D. Stuart o
Reichhelm 1
Julius A. Kaiser., o
J. P Morgan 1
W. P.Shipley #
Chas J. Newman A
M. Morgan 1
E. S. Maguire %
S. W. Bampton...
Jac. Elson 1
J. W.Young A
Emil Kemeny 1
Total 8
1895 7lA
1896 6#
Grand total 22
Manhattan.
Louis Schmidt .... yi
Eugene Delmar .. 1
A. B. Hodges 1
Jasno^rodsky o
De Visser 1
D. G. Baird o
Davidson #
J. M. Hanham #
Dr. Simonson o
A. Vorrath #
Isaacson %
Halpern o
S. Lipschutz }4
J. W. Sho waiter., o
Total 6
ey2
~ n%
Grand total 20
Bishop's Chess Club*
The second annual championship of the
Bishop's Chess Club was won by the president
of the club, Mr. Benjamin C. Selover, Jr., with
a perfect score. E. W. Tyler, formerly of the
Y. M. C. A., came in second, beating out H.
Somers by half a point. Appended is the com-
plete record of the tourney :
Players
1
Tyler
Somers....
Perpall
Tolles
Selover....
2
Si.
0
3
Tyler
AA
■ • • • • •
A 0
0 X
0 0
1 I
AA
1
1 1 1 ij 0 1
A 1 1 o; 1 1
' 1 0, 1 1
0000
1 1 1 1: 1 1
6}4 > 6 I 9
1 !
0 0
6
Somers ...
Perpall....
Savage....
Tolles
Selover...
Total lost
AX
0 0
0 0
1 0
1 1
4
0000:
•
O O O 0 : 0
•
sA
lA
< 4
1
10
Brooklyn Chess Club*
The following are the leading scores in the
club's continuous tournament :
Won. Lost. P. C.
R. S. Otto 14
H. Zirn 18
R. Ulrich 19
H. Stein 22
J. H. Watson 61
B. C. Selover, Jr 11
S. G. Ruth 22
W. Blakey 182
J. H. F. Bowman 28
R Colwell 35
W. M. de Visser 8
J. Hausleiter 8
J. D. Elwell 115
J. C. Tatum 26
D.G.Wright 55
Dr. J. R. Taber 203
Dr. Berendsohn 108
R. A. Breckinridge 52
S. H. Chadwick 89
R. P. Dow 30
Albany vs. Fulton County*
The return match between Albany and Ful-
ton County took place at Gloversville. Ten
games were played, Albany winning by one
game. Summaries : —
Albany.
Rogers ij
Deyo 2
Dougherty ..1
A. M. Wright 1
Fulton County.
McMartin ij
Talbot 0
Halpern 2
Wright 1
Total si Total 4}
Tacoma, Wash*, Chess dub*
Following are the leading scores in the club
tournament :
Won. Lost. Pr.Ct.
Ryder i8# sA .840
Hall 20 6 .769
Clark 12 5 .706
Lee 13 8 .619
Creemer.. 7 5 .584
Webb 7 7 .500
Lytle 11 12 .478
2
.88
6
-75
6
76
9
Ji
43
.62
7
6i
14
.61
118
.60
17
•59
25
•5«
6
•57
6
•57
9*
.56
21
•55
50
•54
187
•53
79
•53
45
•53
62
52
27
•52
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
95
Franklin vs. Mercantile.
Appended are summaries of the match be-
tween the Franklin Chess Club and the Mer-
cantile Library Chess Association. A return
match will probably take place next fall.
Franklin.
J. P. Morgan %
G. Reichhelm i
C. J Newman...... i
M. Morgan ...... %
S. W. Bampton.... o
J. W. Young i
I.B.Hall o
A. K. Robinson... i
W. H. Shultz i
W. P. Shipley i
H. G. Voigt i
D. Stuart i
VV. J. Ferris o
S. K. Barrett i
J. Pusey o
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G. H. Stout #
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. Wyeth.... o
G. Hallet *£
E. S. Maguire i
B. Henry o
J. W. Miller i
G. Shank o
L. Hopper o
H.j. Chilton o
J. Rhoads o
K. B. Keys o
C. S. Merick i
D. M. Darkow o
J. Roeske i
C. Baumann o
Total 5
Queen City Chess Club*
The Queen City Chess Club held a two-round
tournament, *j competing. W. R. Updegraph
won by the highest possible score ; T. N. Gone
was second ; X. Hawkins third. : A complete
record is appended :
T. N. Goffe
T. M. Cory
John McAfee
R. H. Porter
H. R. Stanard
X. Hawkins
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Norwalk vs. Bridgeport.
The Norwalk chess players defeated the
Bridgeport Chess Club, on June 9, in a contest
for the possession of the silver cup which for
two years has been the centre of the struggle
between these two cities.
Norwalk.
Baldwin
Baker
Moran .".
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Maples 1 Cogswell o
Church 1 Northrop o
Ad. Adams... o Norton 1
E. Adams o Sterling 1
Total
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The Bridgeport Chess Club will challenge
for another match, which must be granted
under the rules.
Northwest C C vs. Central Y. M* C A,
The Northwest Chess Club of Philadelphia
defeated a quintet from the Central Branch of
the Y. M. C. A. by one point. The game on
board 4 was adjudicated. Summaries :
Northwest C. C. Central Y. M. C. A.
F. S.Bosch 1 A. M. Mohr o
A. Albert o H. H. B. Finn 1
B. Bosch- ;. o E. H. Blundin 1
E. Faber^Jr 1 L.Wallace o
T. H. Avison. 1 H. B. Ward o
Bishop's C. C. vs. Boys' High School
A return match between the Bishop's Chess
Club and the second team of the Boys' High
School was contested at the rooms of the Y.
M. C. A. Chess and Checker Club, on June 9,
resulting as follows :
Bishop's.
1 B. C. Selover, Jr... 1
2 E. W. Tyler 1
3 H. Somers 1
4 G. T. Lain 1
Total 4
First round 2
High School.
G. Heuser o
W. Garruth o
A..Wechsl'r. o
Mr. Vogt o
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— Grand total 6 Grand total. 2
Springfield vs. Holyofce.
A match played on June 2 at Hoi yoke be-
tween the local association players and a. visit-
ing team from Springfield resulted in a victory
for the "City of Homes" by. 9 to 2, Sum-
maries :
Springfield.
Jacobus %
Loomis \%
Newcomb 2
Hutchinson. 2
Groustein 2
Pitkin ....1
Total
3 Total 2
— Total —.9
Holyoke. "
Whitten %
Judd %
Cowan 6
Allyn V \6
Eaton ...,.*. o
Bunting o
Willman 1
Total 2
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Juniors vs. Century Wheelmen*
A match of seven a side between the Junior
Chess Club and the Century Wheelmen of Phil-
adelphia was played on June 17, with the fol-
lowing result :
Junior. Wheelmen.
1 Zook o
1 Watts o
1 Bulkley- o
1 Hahn ~ o
Schultz
Bilgram
Roeske .
Garde...
Knox o Dallas 1
Boice 1 Shanbacker o
Whitecar o Gardner 1
Total
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Y« M* C« A*, Brooklyn*
The quadrangular tournament in 6 rounds
was concluded with the following result :
Won. Lost.
D. H. Prentice io# ^)L
C. Helms - 9# 8#
J. F. Prentice 8tf 9#
C. G. Griswold 7# io#
Media vs. Chester*
The first round of a team match between the
unattached players of Media, Pa., and the
Y. M. C. A. Chess Club, of Chester, took place
on June 2, at the former city, resulting as
follows :
Media.
Broomhall 2
Broomhall 1
Harrison 1
Harrison 2
Newbold 2
Chester.
Schallioall 0
Palmer 0
Palmer 1
Davison 1
Schallioall 1
Total .. 8 Total 3
Washington, D. G, Chess Club.
The following is the final score in the spring
tournament of the club :
Won. Lost. Won. Lost
Harris 7 1 Smith 3^ 4%
O'Farrell 6 2 Tucker $% 4#
Anthony 4^ $% Thomas 3 5
Tibbetts 4 4 Prender 1 7
Mundelle $)£ 4%
City Chess Qub.
The summer handicap resulted as follows :
First prize, P. J. Doyle ; second and third, C.
A. Lawrence and L. Argoud ex cequo ; fourth
prize, Geo A. T. Limbeck ; fifth prize, Louis
Hein and W. C. Huntington ex cequo. Full
score follows :
L. Argoud
J. Badenhausen ....
C. H. Cochrane.
P. T. Doyle
L. Hein
F. Huntington ...
W. S. Huntington..
Ch. A. Lawrence ..
G. A. T. Limbeck.
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H. Schneider
G. von Taube
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5^"
Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play Chess.
Thomas B. Reed.
Speaker ' ' Tom " Reed, or ' ' Czar ' ' Reed, is taking great interest in chess and can
put up a very stiff game. On one occasion he took a board against Pillsbury, who
played blindfolded, and succeeded in drawing the game. He is very proud of that fact,
which has not been equalled by any member of the House of Representatives, and he
never fails to mention the fact that none of the M. C.'s came up to his record.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
New York Chess Association.
. ur June number, the mid-
summer meeting of the New York State Chess
Association will be held this year at the Murray
Hill Hotel, Thousand Islands, August a to 7.
A special feature will be the interstate match
between the New York and Pennsylvania Chess
Associations as already reported last month.
The OtUndorfer cup will be competed for for
the seventh time. Any club in the State, upon
notifying the secretary of its intentions and pay-
ment of the five dollars entrance fee to the
treasurer, is entitled to send its champion or
representative to compete for the cup. Such
representative, however, must be a resident of
the State and a bona Me qualified member of
the club he represents. The trophy becomes
the property of the club which wins it three
times consecutively, or five times non-consecu-
tively. It was won in 1891, 1894 and 1896 by
the Manhattan Chess Club ; in 189a by the City
Chess Club of New York ; in 1893 by theStaten
Island Chess Club; in 1895 by the Metropolitan
Chess Club.
The Manhattan Chess Club will be repre-
sented this year by Mr. S. Lipschutz. The
Rochester Club will also make a bid for the
cup. James H. Fisher, president of the Roch-
ester Chess Club ; N. D. Luce, formerly presi-
dent of the State association, and Ed. H. Vre-
denburgh are among those who may attend the
meeting. Play will begin at 10 A. M. Monday,
August a
The class tournaments will be conducted upon
the plan adopted at the last tournament. Each
entrant will be placed in a class according to his
playing strength.
The tournaments will begin at 3.30 P. M.
Tuesday, July a8. Suitable prizes will be
awarded the winners in each class. It should
be borne in mind that the State Chess Associa-
tion is an amateur organization and large cash
prizes are discountenanced by the members.
Persons expecting to play should bring their
own boards and chessmen.
Murray Hill Park is situated in the Thousand
Island region of the St. Lawrence River, near
Clayton, N. Y., and is reached by the Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, a leased
line of the New \ork Central Railroad. Pas-
sengers from the east can take the Central to
Utica, thence by the Rome, Watertown and
Ogdensburg to Clayton, on the St. Lawrence
River. From there a steamboat goes directly to
Murray Hill. Passengers from the west reach
Clayton via Syracuse. Change of cars is not
thro _'_'
1 Chicago. A per-
son leaving New York at 8.30 o'clock A. M.
will be in Clayton at 5.30 o'clock P. M.
Excursion rates for the round trip are sold
throughout the season for a fare and one-third.
A special summer time-table will be put in op-
eration at the opening of the season. Murray
Hill Hotel is one of the largest and finest hotels
on the St. Lawrence River, is thoroughly first-
class in every respect, the regular rate, Ameri-
can plan, being 14.00 per day. The local com-
mittee have secured from the management ot
the hotel the offer to chess players attending
the meeting, of board and room at $3. 00 per
day, two to occupy a room. This is to include
any rooms unoccupied at the time. The upper
parlors and verandas are given for play. The
verandas of the hotel are 24 feet wide and 11a
feet long and lighted by electric lights. The
location, natural attractions, as well as the chess
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
program, should attract the largest attendance
in the history of the Association, and to that
end the hearty support of all chess players is
The challenge cup was presented to the
Association by Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer,
the proprietor of the Staals Zeitung, in
189a It was to be competed for by clubs,
and will become the property of the club
winning three times in succession, or five
times altogether. The cup is valued at
$200, and was specially made and designed
in England. The first tournament was
held in '91. Major J. M. Hanham won the
trophy for the Manhattan Club and had the
proud distinction of having his name first
engraved on the cup. He also won the
handicap tournament which took place
simultaneously with the cup contest, and
he holds the record of having won the two
leading tournaments in the midsummer
meeting.
The runner up in the first tournament
for the cup was Etnil Kemeny, and but for
his inexperience he would have carried for
sure, the cup to the City Club. He did
much better in the tournament of '92, when
he beat all competitors and carried off the
cup. The third tournament was held at
Staten Island, and it was but proper that
the Staten Island Chess Club should win.
Its representative, A. B. Hodges, defeated
all of his competitors, among whom were
Pollock, Hanham and Delmar.
The tournament of '94 was held in Buf-
falo, and caused a superb race between the
Manhattan, Brooklyn and Metropolitan
Clubs, represented by Showalter, Pillsbury,
and Albin. Showalter won, and the Man-
hattan Club held the cup for the second
time.
Mr. E. Delmar has won more winter
tournaments of the State Association than
any other member. Less fortunate was he
in the cup contest, and not until '95 did he
succeed in winning that coveted prize,
playing for the Metropolitan Chess Club.
Last year's tournament resulted for the
third time in a victory for the Manhattan
Chess Club, represented by S. Lipschutz,
It will be seen that two more victories for
the Manhattan Club will make the cup its
absolute property. The question of the
hour is, Who will win next month ?
uy Hill— Thousand Islands.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Greater New York Championship.
The City Chess Club, which has taken new
and commodious quarters at the Caffi Boulevard,
No. 156 Second Avenue, has issued official no-
tice of its intention to run a championship
jr\ tournament of Greater New York during the
months of October and November, 1897. There
will be at least four prizes in cash. The first
prize will be a gold medal and {100, the second
a silver medal and I75 ; others in proportion.
The tournament is open to first-class players, if
residents of or in business in Greater New
York, or if dona fide member of a chess club
within Greater New York Entrance fee $5.
Circulars containing particulars will be issued
in the latter part of this month The prizes will
be raised jointly by the committee and the
American Chess Magazine. The committee
consists of W. W. Lowitz, chairman ; Charles
Devid£, secretary ; J. H. Rosenfeld, treasurer;
Emil Hoffmann, chairman Committee of Man-
agement. The tournament will doubtless be the
Star event of the coming season The idea origi-
nated with the president of the City Chess Club,
Mr. W. W. Lowitz, and to his munificence the
success of the tournament will be due. Mr.
Lowitz is being ably assisted by Mr. Emil Hofl-
mann, who, as a worker, is " a host in himself."
ie celebrated
A Chess Match at the Court of Spain.
I From a painting by
It represents the historic encounter between
Leonardo di Cutri, otherwise known as 11 Put-
tino, and Ruy Lopez in the presence of King
Philip II of Spain and his Court at Madrid in the
sixteenth century. Leonardo was the victor in
three successive games, after having, according
to Salvio, deliberately lost two games to his
renowned adversary in order to more forcibly
u peri ority— and >
this modern era t
, L. Huttlnl.)
manifest hi
would be very apt in this modern era to regard
as his wonderful endowment of self-conceit.
The match was limited to the winning of three
games, and Leonardo is evidently pictured at
the conclusion of his third victory, while assur-
ing His August Majesty that the task was " too
easy to be interesting !"
Pilkbory National Correspondence Chess
The committee on nominations has prepared
the following ticket: President Edward T.
Runge ; vice-president, Stanley H. Chadwick ;
cor. secretary, Edward J. Napier ; rec. secre-
tary and treasurer, Chas. A. Nourse ; referee,
A. H. Gansser.
The vote on proposed amendments to the
constitution of the Pillsbury Association re-
sulted by a big majority in the adoption of the
amendments. Article 8, as now amended, pro-
vides that trophies shall be held two years, in-
stead of three, before becoming personal prop-
erty of the holders. Art. 5, as amended, makes
the vice-president of the association chairman
of the tournament committee, instead of the
referee, as heretofore.
The tournament has made remarkable pro-
gress, and already the end of the preliminary
round is in sight.
Score of the leaders : —
Division. Section. Won. Lost.
Eastern 1 E. L. Massett 6 2
T. C. Mcllwaine . . 4 o
H. Helms 3 1
J. H. Dahms 3 1
2 H.Saunders 3 o
J. Hamilton 3 1
Prof. R. B. Lloyd. 3* ij
S. H. Chadwick... 3 2
3 W. C. Odell 5J i
A. E. Swaffield.... 3 o
J. V. Nourse 3 2
F. B.Walker 2 1
4 M. Lissner 5 o
C. S. Wilmarth.... 3 J £
B. Selover 3 1
W. E. Napier 2 o
Central 1 E. J. Napier 4 o
Rev. L. Turney ... 3 o
2 Dr. H. E Greene. 5 1
Geo. F. Loar 3§ £
New England E. B. Escott 5 o
H. Lavers 3 o
Northern J. I. Jellett 5 o
F. A. Hill 4 o
L. Schull 4 o
Midland N. Hald 2j }
G. Ufford 2} i
Rev.CO. Larisson 2 o
Southern L. R. Waldon 4 o
Western C. F. Pierce 6 o
Atlantic Dr. O. Meyer 1} J
Play in the international correspondence
match between the Pillsbury National ' Corre-
spondence Chess Association and the Orillia
Chess Club of Canada started in the order fol-
lowing :
Boards. United States. Canada.
I...W. P. Shipley D. Thomson.
2...F. A. Hill C. E. Grant.
3...G A. L'Hommede.A. T. Shephensen.
4...W. E Napier Rev. George Grant.
5. ..Dr. B. Hesse A. M. Snellgrove.
6.. .Dr. E. R. Lewis.. ..C. E. Corbould.
7. ..J. I Jellett Dr. A. R. Harvie.
8...H. Gibson C. D. Corbould.
9...N. A. Voss W. G. Bingham.
10... Dr. Leech Dr. W. C. Kennedy.
11...C. C. McKecknie...I. Day.
12 ..F. B. Walker H. M. Christie.
Canada has the white pieces on the odd num-
bered boards.
Dr. B. Hesse scored the first victory on
board 5.
The final round of the Continental Corre-
spondence tournament, inaugurated early in
1894, is drawing to a close. Nineteen are play-
ing. The score of those who won more than
half of their games is appended :
Won. Lost. PerCt.
1. C. W. Phillips, Chicago 6# i# 81
2. M. Morgan, Phila it 4 73
3. C. F. Huch, Phila 7^ 3^ 63
4. N. A. Voss, Kansas 2 1 66
4. W. P. Shipley, Phila.... 4 2 66
4. F. Smyth, Philadelphia 6 3 66
7. G. A. L'hommede, Chi. 5^ 3^ 61
8. J. A. Kaiser, Phila 7 5 58
9. W. J. Ferris, Delaware. 4 3 57
10. J. E. Narraway, Canada 4% 3^ 56
11. J. W. De Arman Penn. 5# \% 55
12. W. W. Gibson, Kansas 4% 4)4 50
The following is the pairing for the* team
match between Cook County, 111., and Kings
and Queens Counties, N. Y. :
Boards. Brooklyn. Chicago.
I...W. E. Napier C. W. Phillips.
2...H. Helms S P.Johnston.
3...F. J. Marshall M. Sonnenscheim.
4. ..J. C. Tatum H. F. Lee.
5...S G. Ruth Dr. T. Phillips.
6...W. Frere H. T. Pardee.
7. ..A. E. Swaffield C. F. Bliss.
8...J. Morphy C. Medinus.
9... Dr. L D. Brough-
ton, Jr F. F. Wilcox.
10.. .G. Russell L. Turney
11. ..G. W. Jones E T. Runge.
12. ..J. E Lister E.J. Napier.
Brooklyn has first move on the odd — Chicago
on the even numbered boards.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
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started. Entries are announced to dose July
35, and tournament to begin August I. The
entrance fee has been fixed at (loo, which will
be divided into three prizes, and two additional
prizes will be given as follows :
For best score against prize winners, a copy
of the Chess Player's Handbook, presented by
C. A. Will.
For longest announced mate, Pocket Chess
Board with chessmen, presented by Mr. Wm.
Koch, New York City.
Intending competitors will kindly send en-
trance fee to Chas. A. Will, P. O. Box 3077,
New York City, who will furnish rules and hill
particulars.
The following players have already entered:
Wm. Koch, A. F. Davis, Wm. L. Fagan, I.
W. Adair, I. Dobriner, C. A. Will, New York
City ; J. Schall, J. H. Brower, Yonkers.
Chess in Canada.
The C^n mpif?nf hfa\
The summer outing (around Lake Couch-
iching, etc.) has been honored by Viceregal
recognition, his Excellency the Governor-Gen-
eral having consented to be a patron. Lord
Aberdeen also expresses the hope that the
tournament may be successful. The tourney
will also have for a patron Canada's Premier,
the Hon. Wilfred Laurier, who regrets that,
owing to his absence in the old country, he
will be unable to be present in person.
George Newnes, president of the British
Champion, president of the Quebec Chess
Club; H. N. Kittson, president of the Hamil-
ton Chess Club ; the Rev. Canon Reiner,
president of the Barrie Chess Circle ; Dr.
Lamouraux, president Cercle St. Denis Chess
Club, Montreal; J. R. Walker, president of the
Westmount Chess Club, Montreal ; G. Patter-
son, president of the Winnipeg Chess Club ;
Wm. Boultbee, president of the Athenaeum
Club, Toronto ; Robert Hastey, president of
the Ottawa Chess Club ; H. Horwood, presi-
dent of the Prescott Chess Club ; W. Jeffers
Diamond, president of the Belleville Chess
Club, make up the list. With such distinguished
Eatrons the success of the tournament shou'd
e assured.
The third prize in the tournament has been
changed from a gold medal to a gold-headed
cane, and seventh and eighth prizes, to be stan-
dard works on chess, have been added to the
list. Colonel Rosse has given a gold medal for
a brilliancy prize for the tournament, to be pre-
sented to the player who wins a game by the
best display of sound brilliancy.
The tournament is held in the club rooms in
Kennedy's Block, Peter Street, Oriliia.
The Reception and Managing Committee
consist of C. Corbould, Sr., D. Thomson, Dr.
Harvie, Dr. Kennedy; press, C. H. Hale.
There were so entries. J. E. NarrawayJDttawa,
won the championship ; E. Saunders, Toronto,
second; H. Jackson, Oriliia, third prize; S.
Goldstein, Toronto, won the consolation cup.
A full report of the tourney will be printed
next month.
Westmount vs. Cercle St. Denis.
The second round of the match, Westmount
vs. St. Denis Chess Clubs, terminated in favor
of the Westmount Club by $% to i'£ games
Nine players on each side took part. Sum-
Westmount.
R Short i
D C. Robertson o
T. R Davies i
W. Yaughan t
V. Barry 1
K. Boissevain i
K C I'ratt. o
E. Kirkham i
O.L. Fuller J
Total .5}
St Denis.
I E. Lamer
H. Bertrand
W. Kurrle
— Goulet
J. Pelletier
A. Germain
H Wanchard ...
O.Trempe
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Grand total 13$ Grand total ..
The Deloraine Chess Club have completed
winning one game of a correspondence match
with the Winnipeg Club.
GERMANY.
This year's chess festival of the Chess Club
"Centrum," Berlin, included the perform-
ance of a melodrama entitled " The Chess
Contest at Alba Terra," at the theatre in
that part of the city from which the club
takes its name. The author of the play
hid his identity under the pseudonym,
"Caissus Mate." The plot is as follows :
The King of Alba Terra, having been ini-
tiated into the mysteries of chess, becomes
so infatuated with the game that he is not
to be had for any other pastimes or enjoy-
ments. His neighbor, the King of Mela-
gonia, also a chess player, and his spouse
are paying a visit to Alba Terra, and for
some trivial cause a dispute arises between
the two queens which assumes serious pro-
portions, leading dangerously near to
bloodshed. The King of Alba Terra then
proposes to settle the difference by a game
of chess, the loser to make full amends.
This game, with living pieces, is the chief
feature of the play. The costumes of the
cast were of rare brilliancy and taste, while
the difference between white and black
was sufficiently marked. The execution
of the single moves was both skilled and
graceful. The stage-management was in
the hands of Herr Frommermann-Ro-
manow, the music composed and con-
ducted by Herr Eugene Philippi. The
game itself, but for a transposition of the
opening moves, is identical with one played
in Havana, 1893, between C. S. Walbrodt
and Judge Golmayo. The moves are
printed elsewhere.
The winners in the tournament of the
Berliner Schachgesellschaft were as fol-
lows : First class — B. Richter, 10% ', H.
Ranneforth, g}£ ; H. Keidanski. 9. Sec-
ond class — G. Buchman, 13 ; Erdmans-
dorifer and Matzdorff, 12% each. Third
class — Zollmer, Riebeling, 9 each, the for-
mer winning in the play-off.
The prize winners in the tournament of
the Berlin Schachverein were E. Kugel, A.
Wagner, R. Malsch and H. Held in the
order named. O. Brenner and W. Kos-
towski divided fifth prize.
*
A tourney in two classes was held at the
Cafe" Royal, Berlin. The winners in the
first class were: first prize, Bauer ; second,
Gunschloss ; third, Dr. Brack. Mehrlan-
der and Philipsthal divided fourth prize.
*
A match between J. Mieses and Horatio
Caro resulted in a draw, the final score be-
ing 4 each, 5 drawn.
*
The Munich Chess Club celebrated its
60th anniversary.
The chess club at Hal berstadt celebrated
its silver jubilee.
*
Frankfort-on-the-Main. — The tour-
nament at the Frankfort Chess Club re-
sulted as follows : 1, H. Steffelaar ; 2, R.
H. Barnes ; 3, W. Pelzer ; 4, W. Blase.
Prague — The historical chess game with
living pieces, representing the victory of
King George Pooiebrad of Bohemia over
King Mathew Corvinus of Hungary, 1469,
which was first performed during the Fair
of i8g5, was again presented before over
5000 spectators. The extent of the chess
board was over iyi square miles. The
single pieces were represented by groups
aggregating 300 people, with 20 horses.
The game has been revised and slightly
altered by Dr. Jan Dobrusky. The mu-
sic is by K. Pospisil, the artistic arrange-
ments being designed by Smolik Klenka,
and the conception of the plan is due to
F. Moucka. Dr. Dobrusky and K. Pos-
pisil are famous problem composers, and
P. Moucka is the editor of the chess col-
umn in the Bohemian paper Svetozor. A
repetition of the performance took place
on June 6.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The prize-winners in the tournament of
the Cercles des Echecs were: i, Mr.
Pecher ; 2, Henriquez ; 3, Count Schaff-
gotsch. Mr. Pecher holds the champion-
ship since '94.
ENGLAND.
Lord Russell of Killowen, the Lord
Chief Justice of England, has accepted
the presidency of the Metropolitan Chess
Club, London. Lord Russell was one of
the promoters of the Stemitz-Anderssen
match in 1866. The Pall Mail Gazelle in
commenting upon Lord Russell's election
says : " During his very busy career, both
legal and political, Lord Russell, of course,
got out of touch with chess players, but
now he does not let any opportunity pass
to show his good will and his interest
toward them once more."
the possible 14 ; A. Gomez was second,
with a score of 8}£ games ; and S. Tala-
vera was third, with 8 games.
A match by telegraph is now progress-
ing between Milan and Palermo.
AUSTRALIA.
Two matches by telegraph were played
on May 24, which is a holiday in Australia,
between New South Wales and Victoria,
and between Queensland and South Aus-
tralia.
She Knew His Mental Calibre.
At the annual meeting of the Ladies'
Chess Club over 50 members were present,
Lady Thomas presiding. During the sea-
son 27 matches had been played, of which
13 were won, 3 drawn, and 11 lost. The
Ladies' Chess Club played a match at Has-
tings against the Ladies of Hastings, and
won by 6 games to 3.
SWITZERLAND.
The seventh National Chess Congress of
Switzerland was held at the beginning of
last month at Aargau. The first prize was
won by Herr Zraggen.
A tournament was held at Davos with
the following results : First prize, W. Ber-
inger, of Cracow ; second and third, tie
between Mr. Child, of London, and Dr. P.
von Rohden, of Berlin. Herr C. Fleck
won first prize in the second section.
A tournament was recently held in the
Cafe Lisboa, Madrid. Eight players, rep-
resenting the best chess-talent of Spain,
took part, each player contesting two
fames with every other player. The cele-
rated problem -composer, V. Marin, took
first prize, with a score of 10 games out of Jones and Chase for Leroy.
He— " It requires brains to play chess, does
She — "Oh, I am only going to teach you the
—N. Y. Journal.
A team match is in progress between
Farmer City and Leroy. Mace, House
and Kelly play for the former ; Keys
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It is not very long ago that Herren Mieses
and Bardeleben have given us a new and re-
vised edition of von der Lasa's Leiifaden des
Schachspiels, making it an up-to-date book.
Now Herr Oscar Cordel has undertaken a like
task with the Kleiner Leiifaden fur Schach-
spieler, by Jean Dufresne and J. H. Zukertort,
which is a compendium of a more pretentious
work by the joint authors, published in Berlin
thirty years ago. Herr Cordel has done his
work well. First principles are made clear ;
the theory of opening is well illustrated and the
appendix contains a carefully worked out treat-
ise on the end game. Herr Cordel also showed
the progress of the game during the last decades.
The book is published by Hugo Steinitz, Berlin.
Price, ten marks.
* * *
Veit & Co., in Leipzig, have just issued a
book of the international tournament at Nurem-
berg, 1896. Herr A. Schroeter, president of
the Nuremberg Chess Club, gives a vivid de-
scription of the events, while the games are
copiously annotated by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch.
It also contains a very good picture of the first
prize winner, Mr. Emanuel Lasker. The book,
which will be welcome to all American chess
players who are familiar with the German nota-
tion, costs 7 marks, about $1.75.
* * *
The " Prince of Missionaries/*
The steadily increasing demand for the pocket chess
board, which the late Mr. Pollock termed the H Prince
of Missionaries in the chess field," is one of the best
indications of how the interest in chess grows on the
Western Continent. For correspondence play aud prob-
lem study it is indispensable, many players having from
one to three or four dozen of them for such use.
Mr. Catlin, whose advertisement appears on another
page, has devoted much time to the perfecting of the
pocket board, and we most heartily recommend them
to those of our readers who are not already supplied
with this most useful article.
* * *
Chess Openings, by James Mason (London,
Horace Cox), has appeared. To quote the
author : "The attempt has been to exhibit the
current and accepted (also some rejected, Ed.)
forms of, in connection with the ideas underly-
ing them, to discuss these various forms with
due reference to the fundamental principles
upon which all are based.' ' A short introduc-
tion recapitulates principles already fully dealt
with in the author's earlier books. After these
the openings are discussed in the usual order.
An exhaustive review will appear in our next
issue. The book numbers 114 pages, 2 sh.
* * *
Magyar Sakkysag*
The fifth number of this Hungarian chess
monthly is at hand. It contains an interesting
sketch, by Dr. Kalniczky, "Chess and Mar;*
a short analysis of a new variation in the Evans,
by Dr. Bannet ; the last seven games of the
Charousek-Maroczy match (the result was:
Charousek 2, Maroczy 6, drawn 6) ; six other
games, all copiously annotated ; six original
and eight selected problems ; two end games ;
chess news and editorial correspondence. This
well fitted, large octave 32 page monthly is
edited by Messrs. Oesztesi ana Niedermann in
Nagy Varad, Hungary, with assistance of Cha-
rousek, Maroczy. Ehrenstein, Schuster, Ha-
vasi and Dr. Gold. Price, 15 francs per annum.
Jottings*
A correspondent informs us that our report
in last number of Rev. C. F. Morse, of St.
Johnsbury, Vt., defeating L. S. Atkinson, of
Franklin, 5 to o, in a chess match was erro-
neous. In a match played at the Y. M. C. A.
rooms in this city, between the Rev. Mr. Morse
and L. S. Atkinson, of Tilton, the latter won
eight straight games, and out of twenty-five
games played between the pair, Mr. Atkinson
has won every game. We took the report from a
newspaper published in Vermont. The moral
thereof for all chess players, big or small, is,
send your report and scores directly to the
American Chess Magazine.
On June 23 H. N. Pillsbury gave a simul-
taneous exhibition in St. Mark's Chapel, Adel-
phi Street, Brooklyn, against members of the
Chapter of St. Andrew's Brotherhood. Pills-
bury played 5 games at chess and 12 at check-
ers, winning them all. The Rev. S. S. Roche,
the rector of the church, was one of the chess
players. Mr. Thomas Flint was master of
ceremonies.
*
Mr. Voss is sure to be the winner in the tri-
angular tournament at the Progressive Chess
Club, Newark, N. J. Messrs. Jayson and Beckl-
man are the other contestants.
The third annual tournament of the Chess
Players' Association of the La Salle Club,
Cleveland, O., was begun with 15 entries.
A match is being arranged between Mr. L.
Bernstein and Messrs. T. A. Voss, N Jayson
and J. Becklman, playing in consultation.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
JOHN HOWARD TODD.
Mr. [. H. Todd, who died in this city last
month, was one of the most original characters
in chess. Born in Ireland from Protestant par-
ents, he was and always remained the staunch-
es t of Orangemen. Mr. Todd joined the then
New York Chess Club in 1886 and soon ob-
tained a certain proficiency. He would have
been a dangerous opponent for every onet had
not his Hibernian temperament asserted itself
so often. Like all Hotspurs he was incessantly
involved in quarrels, with the upshot that he
was suspended from the club, whereupon he
instantly invoked the aid of the courts to be re-
instated.
When the Columbia Chess Club was formed
in 1887 he became one of its charter members,
and subsequently elected secretary. He wrote
some articles for the Columbia Chess Chronicle,
and later on when the club dropped that publi-
cation, he became its publisher and editor for
about one year, taking great pains of embody-
ing his bizarre ideas about chess in that paper.
Mr. Todd was at that time at loggerheads with
pretty nearly every member of the Columbia
Chess Club He was repeatedly requested to
resign, but he obstinately refused to do so, and
as he was a member in good standing it would
have been impossible to expel him. The mem-
bers hit upon an extraordinary plan. At a spe-
cial meeting, a motion to dissolve the club was
carried, and also another to dispose of the club's
property by auction and to divide the proceeds
of the sale per capita. Mr. Todd vainly pro-
tested in a speech which lasted over an hour,
and when he sat down from sheer exhaustion,
the gavel fell and the ayes had it.
A gentleman purchased the property of the
club in one lump. Mr. Todd was handed his
share, which he indignantly refused to accept.
Immediately afterwards a new club was organ-
ized, all the members joining with the excep-
tion of Mr. Todd, who wasn't given a chance
to. He never recovered from the effects of that
blow, and for awhile gave up chess, never going
near clubs, although he was still seen at chess
resorts. During the past few years his appear-
ance as a chess player was only sporadic, but
when he played chess he played with a venge-
ance. For the past three or four months he
was not seen at his usual hunting grounds.
His death came rather suddenly, as he always
seemed to be in perfect health. He was not
quite fifty years of age.
Mr. Dewey, one of the most active mem-
bers of the Tacoma (Wash.) Chess Club,
died in that city.
JOHN ROCCHI.
Mr. John Rocchi, the venerable and re-
spected, dean of the Italian colony in New
Orleans, died in that city on May 17. The
deceased was one of the twenty-seven pres-
ent at the initial meeting of the New Or-
leans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club,
and has maintained his membership un-
brokenly from the start He was a frequent
player in the chess-room, the most cour-
teous of adversaries, never unduly elated in
victory and never chafing under defeat
EARL OF DARTREY.
Lord Cremorne, Earl of Dartrey, bom in
1817, was for many years connected with
St George's Chess Club, and was, in fact,
the president of the club up to the time of
his death. He was above the average as a
player, especially in his younger days,
when, as Lord Cremorne, he at different
times played with nearly all the great mas-
ters, including Morphy, Kolisch and Stein-
itz. With Blackbume he played only two
games, on level terms, of which he won
one and lost one. During the great Lon-
don tournament of 1883 Lord Dartrey en-
tertained a number of the competitors at
dinner at his home in Curzon Street, May-
fair. His death will be generally regretted
by all chess players who had the pleasure
and honor of the late earl's acquaintance.
In the recent practice toumeyof the Franklin
Chess, preparing for the Manhattan contest,
the scores were : Kaiser, Newman and Maguire,
4 each ; Stuart, 3J4 ; Shipley and Barrett, 3
each ; Bampton and J. P. Morgan, z% each.
Henry Chadwick, of baseball and chess fame,
§ave a simultaneous performance at the resi-
ence of Mr. Alfred Bates, Montreal Avenue,
Sag Harbor, L. I,, winning 8 out of 11 games
The proposed match by telegraph to be
played between teams of the Young M«n's
Hebrew Association of this city and the Y. M.
H. A. of Savannah, Ga., has fallen through.
The third ticket tournament of the Altoona
Chess Club closed June I, with R. Teimer, A.
Siucki and A. W. Morgan as leaders. The
percentages are 74, 62.5 and 58, respectively,
Lenox F. Beach, of the Springfield Chess
Club, played simultaneously six games at the
Holyoke Chess Club, winning five and drawing
Washington, D. C, Chess Club.
The summer tournament, which was begun
on June 26, promises to be of unusual interest,
ana equals in the number of entries any tour-
nament held here for several years. They in-
clude CapL P. O'Farrell, Messrs. A. B. Doug-
1»s, F. W. Tucker, W. E Thomas, W. H.
Smith, ?. W. Harris, John Prender, Wm. Finn,
W. B. Mundelle, H. I. Pyne, E. A. Tibbetts
and J. E. R. Ray. The rules adopted are the
same as those in the spring tournament. Each
competitor plays one game a week, and one
game with every other player. There are three
prizes and the entrance fee is $1,
The match between Captain P. O'Farrell, of
this city, and Mr. J. W. Harris, of Alexandria,
was won by the captain by the decisive score of
5 to 0. The play in these games was of a high
order of merit. The captain is now desirous of
meeting the winner in the Wright-Walker
match in a contest for the championship of the
District of Columbia. Mr. W. A. Gwyer, Jr ,
has also expressed a desire to meet the winner
in said match, and among the probabilities is a
match between Captain O'Farrell and Mr.
Gwyer.
Messrs. E. A. Tibbetts and W. A. Gwyer, Jr.,
recently completed a match to decide who
score, next after the regular prize
the championship match at the Washington
Chess Club. Messrs. Dunham, Gwyer and
Tibbetts tied for the prize : Mr. Dunham with-
drew, and in playing off the tie Tibbetts won
by the score of 3 to o and one draw.
The Washington Chess Club has accepted the
challenge of the Metropolitan Chess Club of
New York to play two games by correspond-
ence, and Messrs. P. O'Farrell, S. C. Dunham
and James Hill have been selected as the com-
mittee to conduct the games on behalf of the
local club.
Among the recent additions to the Washing-
ton Chess Club are Representatives L. I.
Handy. Richmond Pearson, Robert Bodine and
R. C. DeGraflenreid and Prof. H. I. Pyne. The
Congressmen propose to be in trim when the
time for another contest with the Houseof Com-
Itis
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or more of the nation's legislators playing this
favorite game at the chess club in these days of
inaction at the south end of the Capitol.
Capt. O'Farrell and Mr. Harris played off
their tie in the championship match of the
Washington Chess Club, the captain winning
by the score of 3 to 1. The prizes were
awarded as follows : First prize, F. B. Walker ;
second prize, L. Tharp ; third prize. E. P.
Hanna ; fourth prize, P. O'Farrell ; fifth prize,
J. W. Harris.
Boston Checker, Chess and Whist Club.
A movement is on foot to organize a checker,
chess and whist club in Boston. The occasion
comes of the approaching abandonment by Mr.
Dean of his place on Cambridge Street, where
the Checker Club has found quarters for several
The members of the old club are desirous of
replacing the organization with a body of wider
interest and appealing to a larger clientele. R.
M. Plaisted, 10 McLean Court, Boston, is can-
vassing sentiment, and has already secured a
large number of names. Players and those in-
terested in the games favored in the title are in-
vited to communicate with him at that address,
and measures will be taken to bring them
together with a view to formal organization.
The plan is aimed perhaps more directly at the
checker players, some of whom like a game of
whist, and most of whom are partial to chess,
though their allegiance follows the checkers in
the main.
So far as the plans have been formulated, it
is proposed to secure subscriptions to a fund of
at least $a$o, none of which shall be due until
that sum, at least, has been subscribed. A
room or rooms in some central location, prefer-
ably in Scollay Square, will be then secured and
preparations generally made for an extended
campaign over the board. There is hope of
larger quarters for the chess and checker play-
ers than any they have yet enjoyed, giving a
chance for promoting an important series of
matches and tournaments.
Castle Chess dub.
The members of the Castle Chess Club gave
a musical entertainment to their friends at the
residence of one of its members, Mr. Thomas
Winham, 761 Putnam Avenue, on Friday, June
4. The interior of the house was handsomely
decorated with bunting and Chinese lanterns.
The programme was a good one and was as
follows : Piano solo, by William H. Healy, Jr. ;
sketch, entitled " Boy Wanted," by Eugene S.
Cartwright, William A. Foy and James J. Hall ;
vocal solo, by Thomas Winham ; cornet solo,
by Harry G. Healy ; recitation, entitled "The
Tramp," by William A. Foy ; harmonica solo,
by James J. Hall ; violin solo, by G. C. San-
ford ; sketch, entitled "The Two Micks," by
E. S. Cartwright and William A. Foy ; trio,
violin, cornet and piano, G. C. Sanford, H.
G. Healy and William H. Healy, Jr. Refresh-
ments were then served, and dancing was en-
joyed by all until an early hour.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Pittsburgh Chess and Whist Association*
The membership roll of the Pittsburgh Chess
and Whist Association includes the names of
leading men in all the learned professions.
Both lawyers and physicians have a strange
liking for both chess and whist, both games of
high merit as intellectual pastimes. The clergy
is also represented, although not furnishing
such steady devotees as the other professions.
At one time the association was a chess club
exclusively, but at present whist is a prominent
feature, and the association rooms in the Fer-
guson Block are an attractive resort for whist
players. Mr. George Lauder, of the Carnegie
Company, is president of the club ; E. E.
Cramer, Esq., is the secretary.
On May 29, a rapid transit tournament was
held with 24 contestants. The winners on the
final round were Messrs. Emery, Boice and
Johns, each of whom was presented with a
pocket chess board as a prize The affair was
under the management of John L. McCutcheon,
Esq , who donated the prizes.
Manchester High School*
A Chen Club Likely to Be Organised Next Fall,
Next year, or rather next term, will probably
witness the formation of a chess club at the
High School, Manchester, N H. Many of the
scholars are greatly interested in that beautiful
and instructive game and feel the lack of a
chess club considerably. Nearly all the boys,
at least in the senior class, are acquainted with
the game, and would have been much pleased
had there been during the winter some organ-
ization where they could pursue the game ; and
probably the same situation exists in the other
classes.
There was formerly a chess association at the
school, and even now new scholars frequently
ask about the club, thinking it to still be in exist-
ence, and are usually much disappointed on
learning that it has been given up.
New Orleans Chess, Checker and Whist
Club.
One of the delightful musical impromptus of
the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Glee Club
took place in the large assembly hall of the
club on May 20. The affair was eiven com-
plimentary to tne members of the club at large
and a large attendance was present thoroughly
enjoying the excellent programme rendered by
the well-known musicians present. There were
piano solos, duets, violin solos, mandolin solos
and vocal solos, duets, triets and quartettes.
Among those who participated were Messrs.
Alf Kernion, Hon Geo. Theard, Alf Dufilho,
R. E. Wells, Dr. Brickell, Henry Wehrmann,
Dr. L. Cusachs, T. Norton and Prof. Geo. L.
O'Connell, musical director.
Metropolitan Chess Club*
The annual meeting was held on June 15,
and the ticket prepared by the committee of
nomination and printed in our last number was
elected unanimously. Dr. Oscar P. Honeg-
ger, the retiring president, was tendered the
thanks of the club, and he was presented with
a piece of silver plate. The club is arranging
a big testimonial performance for Mr. Steinitz
A rapid transit tournament, sixteen players,
was won by Dr. O. P Honegger, J. H. Kahn, Jr.,
second A match by correspondence has been
begun with Washington, D. C. The players
for the local club are Dr. Honegger, J. Feibel
and Rob Raubitschek. Advisory Committee,
E. Delmar and J. R. Deen.
Newark, CX, Chess Club*
A new chess club has been organized in New-
ark, Ohio, with the following members : Daniel
A. Murphy, president ; J. C. Castle, vice-presi-
dent ; Cyrus G. Nevins, secretary and treas-
urer; James C. Murphy, H. L Wilhelm, Dr.
W. W. Beatty. Dr. J. H. McCahon, Amos Brice,
Judge John David Jones, T. M. Edmiston and
Arthur N. Banton. The club has received word
from chess players in Columbus that as soon as
the new organization is fairly started they would
like to come over and enjoy a friendly game.
The home club will be glad to receive them at
any time.
Chess in Dayton, O*
Chess has been established for not a few
years in Dayton. A chess club was in exist-
ence there long before the war, of which Dr. J.
C Reeve, Allen Jeffers and A. C. Fenner are
now the sole survivors. Some ten or fifteen
years ago the club had some average good
players, of whom three or four made nigh
scores at Ohio State Tournaments. Deaths,
removals, age and business cares made inroads
into the little army of chess players until there
are only half a dozen of those left who were
frequent players twelve or fifteen years ago.
Chess is now played at the Young Men's
Christian Association chiefly by young men
and boys, some of whom display considerable
skill. A movement is on foot to organize a
chess club.
Waterbury Chess Club*
The annual meeting of the Waterbury Chess
Club, 50 Bank Street, resulted in the election
of the following officers : President, Dr. W. F.
Hinckley ; vice-president, J. D. Specero ; sec-
retary, F. V. Moon ; treasurer, F. W. Albert.
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Detroit Chess Club*
The Detroit Chess Club was fully organized
on Tuesday, June 8, with the following officers :
Lieut. Samuel A. Smoke, U. S. Army, presi-
dent; Maj. Wm. R. Lowe, vice-president;
Howard Hovey, secretary ; treasurer and ref-
eree to be elected.
Messrs. T. E. Quinby and A. Mosley, of The
Free Press, were elected honorary members.
The club secured quarters in the Chamber of
Commerce, tenth floor, where they hope to be
visited by all lovers of chess.
The club has challenged the Saginaw Chess
Club to a game by telegraph. The challenge
has been accepted.
Mound City Checker and Chess Club,
Since the opening of the Mound City Checker
and Chess Club there has been an unusual in-
terest in the games. The club has had its
rooms open free for some time, its principal
object being to bring out new material, in which
they have been very successful. A number of
strong players have been brought out who have
heretofore been unknown.
The interest taken is much greater than was
anticipated, the club-rooms being crowded
almost continuously. The club meets at the
club-rooms, Burlington Building, 810 Olive
Street.
Staten Island Chess Club*
The regular monthly meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Staten Island Chess Club
was held on June n, President Barth presiding.
The treasurer reported the club to be in a sound
condition financially.
The tournament is creating great excitement
among the members owing to the fact that the
younger players are rather surprising the
veterans with the game they are playing. The
leaders to date are Hodges, Ryan and Lock-
wood.
Cosmopolitan Chess Club*
At a meeting held on June 29 the following
officers were elected : President, Dr. H. Sin;
vice-president, R. Tobias ; recording secretary,
Sigmund Newman ; financial secretary, E. D.
Lesser; treasurer, M. Winter. Mr. Steinitz
was made an honorary member of the club.
St« Paul Chess and Checker Club,
The new chess and checker club has been
formed on June 14, with quarters in the "The
Commons, at the corner of Eighth and Jack-
son Streets. New applications for membership
are being received, and the prospects for the
new club are quite good. The annual dues are
only $4, payable quarterly. No initiation fee
was charged those joining before July 1.
New York Chess and Checker Club*
The New York Checker Club, of New York,
has been incorporated to study, practice and
cultivate and advance the science of checkers
and chess among its members ; Directors —
August Schaefer, M. D., 347 East Tenth Street ;
John Graham, 196 Grand Street, Jersey City ;
Isidor Cohen, 322 East Sixty-second Street ;
Samuel J. Simpson, 124 East Second Street,
Brooklyn.
Progressive Chess Club, Newark, N. J*
On Monday, June 21, the Progressive Chess
Club elected the following officers for the en-
suing half year : T. Becklman, president ; N.
Jayson, vice-president ; L. Bernstein, secretary ;
L. Foer, treasurer.
Bridgeport Chess Club*
The Bridgeport Chess Club is arranging for
a tournament in order to put the members in
trim for the return match with Norwalk next
fall. There will be some 10 or 12 entries.
Manheim, Pa*, Chess Club*
The Manheim Chess Club has changed its
day of meeting from Thursday to Monday of
each week. The Board of Governors of the
club have changed the date of their monthly
meetings from the first Thursday in each month
to the second Monday.
Princeton Chess Club*
The election of officers for the current year
resulted as follows : President, W. Marston ;
secretary, E. B. Seymour, Jr. ; treasurer, C.
Herndon.
Manhattan Chess Club*
At the auarterly meeting of the Manhattan
Chess Club, held at the club rooms on the
evening of July 8, the official reports showed
gratifying progress, both in financial matters
and increased membership. The principal
feature of the meeting was the adoption of the
American Chess Code. It is probable that it
may be generally adopted by the clubs and
players in both England and America, and
eventually by other countries, and thus become
a universal or international Code.
Robert Raubitschek gave a simultaneous
performance at the Metropolitan Chess Club,
winning 9^ to 2% games.
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}^fa=a^l
When lovers play chess by electric light.
The presence of mamma is an impediment
slight.
Fortunately, however, to the players' delight.
There is sometime a — sizz— then dark as the
night.
The question arises, when again it is bright,
Why the figures upset? Why the girl shows
fright ?
" And does the Earl of Spendfast play chess.
5 Bishop of Noland, a famous old priest,
Surrounded by ladies and Knights, who to feast
Had come to his palace from west and from east :
With Adele de Walldorf was playing at chess.*
Why should he not play ? Must he pray but and bless,
Because be a priest, doth he love women the less ?
is anointment and vow, his cross had not ceased
is ardor to women his love to confess.
The Bishop of Noland did love and what is more,
He even was jealous ; at heart sick and sore,
Because a young page his Adele did adore.
He knew, what all knew, her lace Murillo-fair,
And witchcraft lived in the splendor of her hair.
Sweetest divine bliss in her breast round and rare.
And that the peace of his mind he may restore
He ceased to be a priest, meek and debonnair.
He sent for the page and he bid him to go !
The boy obeys and with a heart fall of woe
To kiss the prelate's hand he now boweth low.
How happy he would be, if he could but press
That kiss on the hem of his lady-love's dress.
Her loving glance meets, which to him seem express :
" Be of good cheer, in spite of Bishop, you know
I will love you for aye, — I gave you my yes."
• See Goethe's " Goeti von Berilchlngen."
GAME DEPARTMENT.
GAME No. 15.
The subjoined highly interesting and instruc-
tive game was played some time ago at St
Petersburg.
Evans Gambit.
White.
C. Rosenkranz.
1P-K4
2 Kt— K B 3
3B-B4
4P-QKt4
5P-B3
6 Castles
7P-Q4
8 PxP (a)
9B-Q5
10 BxKKt
11 BxPch
12 Kt—Kt 5 ch
13 Q-Kt 4 (c)
Black.
M. Tchigorin.
1P-K4
2 Kt-Q B 3
3B-B4
4 BxKt P
5B-R4
6 Kt— B 3
7 Castles
8 K KtxP
9 BxP (b)
ioBxR
uKxB
12 K— Kt 3
13 P— B 4
Position after white's 13th move.
Black — Mr. Tchigorin.
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White — Mr. Rosenkranz.
14 PxP e. p
15 Q— K 4 ch
16 P— B 4
17 R— K sq (e)
18 PxKt
19 Q-Kt 6 (f )
20 RxB ch
21 B— R3 ch
22 Q— Q 3 ch
23 Kt— K 6 ch
24 Q-Kt 6 ch (g)
25 KtxKt P ch
26 Q— Kt 5 ch
27 Kt— B 3 (h)
28 K— R sq
14 Kt— K 4 (d)
i5KxP
16 K— K 2
18 BxP
19 Q— K sq
2oPxR
21 K— Q sq
22 Q-Q 2
23 K— K sq
24 R— B2
25 K— Q sq
26 R— K 2
27 Q-Q 5 ch
28 P— B 4
And wins.
(a) Richardson's attack, 8 KtxP, is refuted
as follows: 8...KtxP; 9 KtxP, RxKt ; 10 BxR
ch, KxB; 11 P— Q 5, Kt— K 2; 12 Q— R4,
BxP ; 13 KtxB, KtxKt ; 14 Q— B 4, Kt (at K2)
xP ; 15 B-Q 2, P— Q Kt 4 ; 16 Q— Kt 3, Q-
R 5 ; 17 BxKt, Q-Q B 5 ; 18 QxQ. PxQ.
(b) Tchigorin's own continuation and superior
to Kt— B 4 as given in the Handbook, 9...KU
BP, however, would be bad, 10 KtxKt, BxKt ;
11 Kt — Kt 5, with an overwhelming attack.
(c) Q — Q 3 ch leads to a draw, as pointed
out by Steinitz: 13... P — B 4; 14 PxP dis. ch,
KxP ; 15 Kt— R 7 ch, K— B 2 ; 16 Kt—Kt 5 ch,
K— B 3, etc.
(d) An innovation by Tchigorin. If instead
14... KxP ; 15 Kt— K4 ch, K— B 2 ; 16 Q— R 5
ch, P— Kt 3 ; 17 Q— R 7 ch, B— Kt 2 ; 18 B— Kt
2 (not Kt—Kt 5 ch because of QxKt ; 19 BxQ,
R— R sq), R— K Kt sq ; 20 P— B 4 with a win-
ning attack.
(<?) Of course he cannot afford to exchange
his only Rook.
(/) B— R 3, and if 19 R— B 4 ; 20 Kt— K B 3
was superior.
ig) QxQ, followed by KtxR, would leave
him with drawing chances at best.
(h) If 27 Kt— B 5, black wins by P— B 4 (not
Q — 6 8 ch, because of K — B2, followed by
K — K 3 in reply to 28. ..Q — B 7 ch); white
apparently can not take the Pawn as black
would win the Bishop by Q— Q 8 and Q — B 7
ch.
Games from the Franklin-Manhattan
Match*
GAME No. 16.
Played on Board No. 3 between Messrs. A.
B. Hodges (Manhattan) and D. Stuart (Frank-
lin).
Notes and analysis of the ending are by Mr.
A. B. Hodges.
Sicilian Defence.
White.
A. B. Hodges.
1P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3P-Q4
4 KtxP
5 Kt-OB 3
6B-K3
7B— K2
8 Castles
Black.
D. Stuart.
1P-QB4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 PxP
4P-$3(a)
5P— KKt3
6B— Kt2
7 Kt-B 3
8 Castles
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
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ioKR— Qsq (c)
ii OR— Kt sq
12 P— KB 3
I3Q-Ksq
14 Q-B 2
15R-Q2
16 BxKt
i7Kt(Q4)-K2
18 P-QKt 3 (d)
19 Kt—Q sq
20 Kt-Kt 2
21 Kt-Q 3
22 Kt (K 2)— B 4
25 P-KR 3
26 Kt (B 4)-Q 5 (e)
27KtzB
28 PxKt
29QXB
30 0— B4
31P-QR4
32 K— R 2
33R-K2
34R-Q4
35R(Q4)-K4
36 Q-Kt 5
37 Q-R 6 ch
38 Q-B 4
39 R-K 6
40 RxQP (g)
9 B-Q 2 (b)
10 P-QR 3
11 R— QBsq
12 Q— B a-
13 KR— K sq
14 Kt— K 4
15 Kt— B 5
i6QxB
17 P-QKt 4
18 Q-B 3
19 Q-Kt 2
20 P— KR 4
21 B— K3
22 B — Q 2
23 B— B 3
24 K— R 2
25 B— R 3
26 BxKt
27 KtxKt
28BxB
29 Q-B 2
30 K— Kt 2
31 Q-B 4 ch
32 P— Kt 5
33 P-QR 4
34 Q-B 6
35 R-B 2
36 K— B sq
37 Q-Kt 2 (f )
38 Q— B 6
39 K-Kt 2
Adjourned
(a) Preferable to 4 P— KKt 3, for after 5 Ktx
Kt, KtPxKt, 6 Q — Q 4, white has a superior
position.
{b) It is all book so far. Here 9... Q — R 4 is
often played and the best of players sometimes
overlook the threatened loss of the King's
Pawn, as is well illustrated in a game played in
this match.
(c) A more enterprising line of play is 10 — P
KR 3, to be followed later by P— KB 4, but the
attack is premature. The theory of the modern
school is to play for position, and white, with
that end in view, adopts a quiet development
(d) The counter attack made on the weak
Q B P is well conceived by black. The purpose
of white in making the text move is not alone
to force the Q to retreat, but also to limit the
action of black's minor pieces. 10 R — Q 4 or
P~QR 3 would not have this effect.
(e) The exchange of pieces which follows
quickly simplifies matters. The resulting weak-
ness of white's Q B P is not so serious as that of
black's centre, upon which white now has the
opportunity of making a direct attack.
if) This move was probably made under
pressure of the time limit and is inferior to 37
K— Kt so. But black, in maintaining his posi-
tion on the Q wing, apparently did not foresee
the danger. After white's reply he must play
Q— B 6 or white improves his position with
R-QB4.
(g) Master players as a rule do not look with
favor on the •'Sicilian," probably for the rea-
son that black's centre Pawns are apparently
weak. The opening moves in this game appear
to have been made with accuracy, and though
white in the end game has the advantage, it
does not necessarily indicate that the defence is
analytically unsound, but experience teaches us
that it is well to avoid playing games of an irreg-
ular character in important chess contests, when
the defence can with less difficulty maintain an
equality by developing from the centre of the
board.
The game was adjourned at this move and
according to the rules adjudicated by Mr.
Steinitz, who decided it a win for white.
Numerous variations may be given which all
result in favor of white and from them we select
the following. After 40 RxP, should black play
PxR, then this continuation is practically forced.
Position after white's 40th move.
Black— Mr. D. Stuart
White— Mr. A. B. Hodges.
41 RxR
41 QxBP
42 QxQP
42 Q-QB 4
43Q-Q8
44 R— Kt 8 ch
43 Q-B 8
44 K— R 2
45 R— R 8 ch
45 K— Kt 2
46 Q— B 8 ch
46 K— B 3
47Q-Q6ch
47 K— Kt 2
48 R— OR 8
49 Q— Q 8 and wins.
48 Q-QB 4
Should black, instead of capturing the R in
his 40th move, play Q
— B 4. the following line
of play is probable :
40 6— B 4
41 P— B 3
41Q-K5CI1
42 RxP
42 PxR
43 QxR
43 QxQP
44 R K 7 ch
44 RxR
45 QxR ch
45 QB 2
46KXQ
46QxQ
47 K-Kt 3
47 K-K 3
48 K— B 4
48 P— Kt 4 ch
49 K— K a
49 P— B 4 ch
50 K-Q 4
51 K-B 4
50K-Q3
51K-H3
52 P— KKt 4
52 RPxP
53 RPxP
53 P— B 5
54 P— B 3
54PxP
55KxP
55 K-B 4
56 P— Kt 4
56 PxP ch
57 K — Kt 3 and wins.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
GAME No. 17.
Played on Board No 4 between Messrs.
Gustave Reichhelm (Franklin) and N. lasno-
grodski (Manhattan). Notes by Mr. H. N.
Pillsbury.
Ruy Lopez.
GAME No. 18.
Played in the recent team match between
the City of London and Hastings Chess Gobs.
Queen's Pawn Opening.
White.
Mr. G. Reichhelm.
1P-K4
2 KKt— B 3
3 B-Kt 5
4P-Q4
5 Kt-B 3
6 B-Kt 5 (b)
7B-K3
8 P—KR 4
9KtxP
10 BxKt
11 KtxB
12 Kt— B 3
13 P—R 5
14 P— B 4
15 Q-Kt 4
16 0-B 5
17 PxP
18 Q— K6
19 Q— Kt 3
20 Castles QR
21 R— R 3
22 OR— KR 1
23 Kt-Q 5
24 KtxBP (h)
25 O— K6ch
26 Kt— Kt4
27 PxKt
28 B— B3
29 Q— B6
30 Q— B 3
31 K-R 7
32 Kt— B 6
33QxB
34P-K6
(a) Most masters consider 5-..Kt — B 3 better;
Steinitz, however, prefers the text move.
(b) Adopted by Tchigorin against Steinitz in
their second Havana match, also by Showalter
against Hodges, 1894.
(r) Steinitz in this position prefers Kt — B sq.
(d) Perhaps P—KR 4 is better, although
weakening seriously black's King's side Pawns.
(e) Either Q7-Q * or P— QR 3 is superior to
to the text, which weakens seriously the black
Queen's Pawn.
(/) Though by no means satisfactory, 16...
P — KR 3 would have warded off the attack
and given black reasonable defensive chances,
whereas the text allows white an additional
avenue of attack.
{g) Of course this loses at least a Pawn, but
black's game was anyhow hopeless.
W 24 Q — QB 3 also wins at least the ex-
change instanuy.
(t) Tantamount to resigning, which he might
do now with good grace. If instead 26... R —
Kt sq ; 27 R— R 7, R— Q 2 ; 28 Q— K 8 ch,
Q-B sq ; 29 QxQ.
Black.
Mr. N. Jasnogrodski.
1P-K4
2 QKt-B 3
3P-Q3
4B— Q2
5 KKt— K 2 (a)
6P-B3
7Kt-Kt3(c)
8 PxP (d)
9KtxKt
ioBxB
nP-B3(e)
12 B— K2
13 Kt— K 4
14 Kt— B 2
15 R— KKtsq(f)
16 P— K Kt 3
17 PxP
18Q— Q2
19 R— Kt 2
20 Q — B 2
21P— QKt3
22 Castles (g)
*3 Q— Kt 2
24 B— Bsq
25 K— Kt sq
26 Kt— K 4 U)
27 P— B 4
28QxP
29 KR— Q 2
32 BxKt
33 QxRP
Resigns
White.
Mr. Dobbell,
Hastings.
1P-Q4
2P-K3
3B-Q3
4Q Kt-Q 2 (a)
5 P— K B 4
6P-B3
7P-QR3
8B— §2
9 Q Kt-B 3
10 Kt— R 3
11B-Q2
12 Kt-B 2
13 R-Q Kt sq
14 Castles
15 Q-K 2
16 P— Kt 3 (c)
17 BxKt
18 Kt— K sq
19 R— Q sq
20 B— Bsq
21 Kt— R 3
22 Kt— B 2
23 Kt— Kt 2
24 Kt— R sq
25KtxP
26PxB
27 Kt— Kt 3
28 R— B 2
29 R— Kt 2
30B-Q2
31 B— K sq
32 R-Q 2
33Q-Qsq
34 R (Q 2)-K 2
35R(Kt2)— B2
36 K— B sq
37 RxKt (g)
Resigns.
Black.
Mr. Trenchard,
London.
1P-Q4
2P— K3
3B-Q3
4 Kt— K B 3
5P-QB4
6 Kt— B 3
7P-B5
8 P— Q Kt 4
9B— Kt2
10 P— Q R 4
11 P—R 5(b)
12 Kt— Q R 4
13 Kt— Kt 6
14 Q-B 2
15 P—R 3
16 Kt— K 5
17PXB
18 P— B 4
19 Casdes Q R
20 P— Kt 4
2lP-Kt5(d)
22 P—R 4
23 B— K2
24 P—R 5
25 BxKt
26 RxR P
27 Q R— R sq
28 B-Q 4 (e)
29 Kt-R 4 (f )
30 Kt— B 3
31 ft— R 6
32 Kt— K 2
33 Kt— Kt 3
34 Kt— R 5
35 Kt— B 6 ch
36 RxKt !
37 RxR ch
(a) White displayed a penchant for obstruct-
ing his own forces, of which his opponent takes
advantage in classic style.
(6) Blockading the Queen's wing for good.
(c) Anticipating black's P— Kt 4.
(d) The King's side is now blocked too, and
black forces the position on the only accessible
line, the K R file.
(e) White can afford to spare the Bishop for
the attack, using it for closing up the Q file.
(/) The Knight has done his duty on the
Queen's side and is now made serviceable on
the other wing. It is worthy of note how soon
he reaches his destination and assumes an active
part
Cr) If 37 PxR, R-R 8 ch ; 38 K— Kt 2, R-
Kt 8 mate. Black's conduct of the game is a
fine bit of chess strategy.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
117
Games From the Match Between Messrs*
Jasnogrodski and Roething*
GAME No. 19.
Second Game of the Match.
Queen's Pawns Opening.
White. Black.
Mr. N. Jasnogrodski. Mr. O. Roething.
GAME No. 20.
Third game of the match.
French Defence.
1P-Q4
2P-R3
3B-Q3
4 P-KB 4
5 Kt-KB 3
6 QxKt (a)
7 Castles
8P— B4
9 Kt-B 3
10 Kt-K 5
11 B— Q2
12 KtxKt
i3Q-Kt3(d)
M PH3B 5
i5PxQ
16B-R5
17 BPxB
18B-B7
19KXR
20B--Q6
21 K-K 2
22 K-Q 2
23 K-B 3
24 K-Kt 4
25 R— KB sq
26RxR
27K-R5
28 K-Kt 6
29 P-KKt 4
30 P-Kt 5
31 K-R 7
1P-Q4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 Kt-B 3
4 Kt-Kt 5
5 KtxB ch
6P— K3
7 Kt-K 5
8 B-K 2 (b)
9 P-KB 4
10 Castles
11 P-B 3 (c)
12 BPxKt
13 Q— Kt 3
i4QxQ
15 B-B 3
16 BxKt
17B— Q2
18 RxR ch
19 P-R 3 (e)
20 R— Ksq
21 B— B sq
22 P— KKt 3
23 R— Qsq
24R-Q 2
25 R— B 2
26KxR
27 K— K sq
28 K-Q sq (f )
29 K— O2
toK-Qsq
Resigns (g)
(a) For the opening moves compare Game
No. 6 in June number.
(b) We would prefer P— QKt 3 followed by
B— Kt 2, and eventually P— QB 4.
(c) Black already has the inferior game, and
is paving penalty for the indifferent way of meet-
ing the opening. White's KKt is posted very
strongly.
(d) Menacing B — Kt 4, whereupon black
would never get rid of the Kt at K 5.
(*) A grave error* His right play was 19...R
— B sq ch ; 20 K moves, P— QR \ ; 21 B~-Q 6»
R— B 4. Black then would have been enabled
to bring his King to the support of his Queen's
side.
(/) If K— Q 2, then 29 K— R 7, followed by
K-Kt8.
(g) If K-Q 2 ; 32 K— Kt 8, K-Q sq ; 33 B—
B 7 ch, K--Q 2 ; 34 P-Kt 4, etc.
White.
Mr. O. Roething
1P-K4
2P-Q4
3 Kt-QB 3
4 B— KKt 5
5 BxKt
6 P-Kt 5
7Q-Kt4
8 Kt-B 3
9P-QR3
10 P— KR 4
nQ-Kt3
12B-Q3
13 Kt— K 2
14 Castles KR
15 P— Kt 4
16 KR— Kt sq
17 Kt-Kt 5
18 BxKt
19 P— KB 4
20 Q— K 3 (c)
21 Kt— Kt 3
22 BPxB
23 P— R 4
24 Q-KB 3
25 P-B 3
26 P— Kt 5
27 PxP
28 KtxRP
29 P— Kt 3 (d)
30 Kt— B 4
31 Q-K 3
32 Q-Q 2
33 Q-QKt 2
34 K-B 2
35 RxR
36 P-Kt 6 (f )
37 KtxKP
38 PxP
39 Kt— Q 4 ch
40 P— B 6 ch
41 KtxB
42 Kt— Q 6 ch
Black.
Mr. N. Jasnogrodski.
1P-K3
2P-Q4
3 Kt-KB 3
4 B-K 2
5BxB
6B-K2
7 B— B sq (a)
8 Kt— B 3
9 P— KKt 3
10 P— KR 4
11 B— R3
12 Q— K 2
13 B-6 2
14 Castles QR
15 Q-B sq (h)
16 Kt— K 2
17 Kt— B 4
i8KtPxB
19 B— Kt 4
20Q-K2
21 BxKt
22 Q— Q 2
23 B— B5
24 Q-B 3
25 P-QR 3
26 PxP
27BXP
28 P— Kt 3
29 K— Kt 2
30 R— QR sq
31 Q-B 5
32 P— B 4
33 K-B 3 (e)
34 R— R4
35PxR
36 PxKtP
37 P— R 5
38R-QKtsq(g)
39 K-Q 2
40 K — K sq
41 P— R 6
Resigns
(a) Castling is considered best. White's at-
tack originated with f. W. Showalter.
(b) To make room for his Kt
(c) Pillsbury prefers here Kt— B 3.
intended to attack black's weak KRP.
White
(d ) Doubling Rooks by R — R 3, as suggested
by Pillsbury, is stronger.
(*) Black's game is already untenable.
(/) A very good move, which forces the
issue.
(g) If P— R 6, then QxB ch.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
White.
GAME No. 21.
Tenth game of the match.
Queen's Gambit Declined.
Black.
Position after white's nth move.
Mr. N. Jasnogrodski. Mr. O. Roething.
1P-Q4
2P-QB4
3PxKP
4 P-K 3 (b)
5B-Q2
6 Q— R 4 ch (c)
7 BxB (d)
8KxP
9 K-K 2 (e)
10 K— B 2
11K-B3
w Q-R 3 (f )
13 til
1P-Q4
2 P-K 4 (a)
3P-Q5
4 B— Kt 5 ch
5 PxP
6 Kt— B 3
7 PxP ch
8 Q— R 5 ch
9 QxP ch
10 Q — R 5 ch
11 B— Q.2
12 KtxB (g)
13 B— B 3 ch
14 KtxB
15 Q-Kt 5 ch
16 QxP ch
14 K-
15QXB
16 Kt— B 3
Resigns
(a) Played by Albin against Lasker, New
York, 1893.
{&) A bad move and probably a losing one.
Lasker played 4 P— QR 3. 4 Kt— KB 3 is also
feasible.
(c) If 6 BxB, black wins by 6...PxP ch ; 7 K—
K 2, PxKt (becomes Kt) ch ; 8 K— K sq, Q— R
5 ch ; 9 K— Q 2, Q— B 7 ch ; 10 K— B sq, Kt— QB
x ; n B— B 3, B— Kt 5 ; 12 Q— K sq, QxQ ch,
followed by Kt— K 7 ch.
{d) If PxP, then 7 Q— R 5 ch ; 8 K— Q sq (if
P— Kt 3, Q-K 5) ; B— Kt 5 ch, followed by
Casties QR.
{e) If P— Kt 3, then Q— Q 5 ch, followed by
QxKt P ch or Q— K 5 accordingly.
(/) B — Kt 5 is the only move to prevent the
loss of the Queen.
(g) For black might have won the Queen by
KtxQ 5 ch, followed by Kt— B 7 ch.
GAME No. 22.
One of eight games played blindfolded at
Brooklyn. Notes by Mr. H. N. Pillsbury.
Irregular Opening.
White. Black.
Mr. Pillsbury.
1P-Q4
2P-K4
4B— KKt5
5BxKt
6 Kt— B 3 (a)
7P-K5
8B-Q3
9P-KR4
10 BxP ch
11 Kt— Kt 5 ch
Mr. F. J. Marshall.
1P-K3
2P-Q4
3 Kt-KB 3
4B-K2
5 BxB
6 Castles (b)
7B-K2
8 P-QB 4
9 Kt-B 3 (c)
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11 K-Kt 3(d)
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12 Q-Q 3 ch (e)
13 PxP e. p.
14 Q— B 3 ch
15 P— R 5 ch
16 Kt— B 7 ch
J7 Q— Q 3 ch
18 KtxQ
19 P— R 6
20RPXP
21 Kt— Kt 5
22 PxP
23 Kt— Q 6
24 QxP ch
25 Q-K 4
26 Castles QR
27 P— QB 3
28 KtxP
29RXB
30KXR
31 K-Q 2 (i)
32 Kt--Q 6
33 Q— R 8 ch
34 QxP
35 P-QKt 4
36 KtxB
37 P-Kt 5
37 P— B 6
39 K-K 2
12 P— B 4
13KXP
14 K-Kt 3
15 K-R 3 (ft
16 K-R 2 (g)
17 K— Kt sq
18 BxKt
19 B— B 3
20 BxKtP
21 R— B 3
22 B— Q 2
23 P-K 4 (h)
24 B— K3
25 R-Q sq
26 Kt-^Q 5
27 Kt— B 3
28 B— R 7 ch
29 RxR ch
30RXR
31 B-B 2
32 Kt— K 2
33 K-Kt 2
34R-K3
35 P-K 5
36 KxKt
37 K-B 3
38 R-p 3 ch
39 Resigns.
(a) A rather uncommon attack, in the nature
of a trap.
(6) Premature. Black continues best with
P— QKt 3, followed by B— Kt 2.
(e) Probably the best defence to the rather
obvious sacrifice is 9 ...P — KR 3, after which
white continues 10 PxP, BxP ; 11 Q— K 2, fol-
lowed eventually by P — KKt 4.
(d) Obviously after 11 K— Kt sq ; 12 Q— R 5,
BxKt ; 13 PxB, P— B 4 ; 14 P— Kt 6 and wins.
Also if 11 ...K— R 3, 1a Q— Q 2, BxKt ; 13 PxB
dch, K— Kt 3 ; 14 Q— Q 3 ch, P— B 4 ; 15 KtPxP
ch, K— B 2 ; with a winning attack.
(e) The onlv winning continuation, after 12
Q— Kt 4, BxRt; 13 PxB, R— R sq, 14.. .QxP
black should win.
(/) If KxKt white mates in three moves be-
ginning with Q — Kt 3 ch.
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{*) After 16 ...RxKt ; 17 QxR, K— R 2 ; 17
P- % 6 wins.
(A) An attempt to, bring his Bishops into
action by giving up a Pawn.
(t) Obviously if at QxKt, B— Kt 5 cb.
(e) If 17 B— K j, then Q— QKt 3, with a
similar attack, to that which actually occurs,
GAME No. 23.
The subjoined game was played by Mr.
Pillsbury over the board against a number of
members of the Metropolitan Club, Wash-
ington, D. C, consulting, while at the same
time he conducted four games blindfolded
against as many single opponents. Notes by
Mr. H.N. Pillsbury.
Falkbeer Gambit.
White.
The Allies.
Black.
Mr. H. N. Pillsbury.
1P-K4
4 Kt— KB 3
5B-QB4
6 Castles
7 PxP e. p.
8 R— K sq
9 Kt-Kt 5
10 Q-B 3
11 5— B4
12 Kt— Q 2
13 KKt— K 4
14 KtxP
i5Kt-Q6ch(d)
i6BxB
17 Q-QKt 3
18 QxP
19 R-K 5
20 BxKt
21 OR— K sq
22 QxQP
23 P-KB 4
24 P— B 5
25 PxKt
26 R— KB sq
27 Q-Kt 7 ch (i)
28RxQ
29 Q— B 3 ch
30 B-B 5
31 Q-K *
32QxB
33BxP
(0
1P-K4
2 P— KB 4
3P*QP
4 Kt-QB 3
5 B-B 4 (a)
6 KKt— K 2
7P-Q4
8 QxP
9B-Q2
10 Kt— Q sq (b)
11 P— B 3 (c)
12 Q-B 3
13 P-KR 3
14 PxKt
15 Q-B 4
16 BxKt
17 Kt-K 3 (e)
18 Kt— Q 4
19 R— Q sq
20Q-B3
2iPxB
» P-Kt 3 (g)
23 K— B 2
24 KR— K sq (h)
25 K— Kt 2
26 B— Bsq
27BXP
28 R— Q2
29KXR
30 K-Kt 2
31 R-KB 2
32 B— B5
33RxR
Resigns.
(a) P — Q 4 at once is more used, and some
prefer 5 Q — K 2.
(6) If Kt— K 4, 10 B— B 4 wins a piece, for if
10 KKt— Kt 3 ; 11 BxKt, KtxB, 12 Kt— B 7.
(c) Probably weak. P — KR 3 looks better.
(<0 Not as strong as it looks ; although,
perhaps, sufficient to win. 15... P — KKt 4; 16
QxP ch, QxQ, 17 BxQ, KtxB; regains the
piece with a winning attack.
for instance i7.:. Q— QKt 3 ; 18 K— Q 2, R— K 5,
jf QR— K sq, and black ought to win.
19 Q-B 3,
(/) If 17... BxKt (at K 3) ; 18 BxB, QxQ,
19 KtxQ, RxB ch, 20 K— Q 2, eventually
remaining a piece ahead.
(g) If 22 K — B 2, black would probably win
by RxKt ; 23 QxR, RxQ ; 24 KxR, B-Kt 3 ;
if 22 B— B sq, QxQP ; 23 RxB, QxR ; 24 K—
B 2 is better, although black should win at
least another Pawn, and have a numerical
superiority.
(h) If 24 K-Kt 2. RxKt; 25 BxR, RxB;
26 Q— B 2, Q— K 5 ch ; 27 K— Kt sq, R— K 7,
and wins.
(t) QxP also wins easily. White now wins
at least a piece.
GAME No. 24.
Played in the Continental Correspondence
Tourney.
Notes by Emil Kemeny.
Dutch Opening.
White. Black.
Mr. Walter Penn Ship-
ley.
Mr. Mordecai Mor-
gan.
1P-Q4
2P-K3
3 Kt-KB 3
4B— K2
5 Castles
6 P-QB 4
One of Bird's favorite defences. It is
hardly satisfactory, for it causes loss of time,
while white obtains an ideal development.
1 P— KB 4
2 Kt— KB 3
3P-K3
4 Kt-OB 3
5 Kt— K 2
6 Kt— Kt 3
7 Kt-QB 3
8 Kt— K 5
9P-QR3
7P-QKt3
8B— Kt 2
9P-Q3
White's 9th move had the purpose of
stopping the development of black's KB; he
also haa the continuation P — QKt 4 in view.
The reply to it, P — Q 3, was rather unfortunate.
He should have played B — K 2 or B— Q 3, fol-
lowed by Castles. The text move creates a
weak spot at Q B 3.
10 Q— R 4 ch
11 Kt— B6
12 P— KB 4
13 K— R sq
White's last two
10 Kt— Q 2
11 Q-B 3
12 P-QR 4
13— BxKt
moves were made pre-
paratory to B — B 3, which would have given
white a winning attack, against which BxKt
formed the best defence.
14 QxB 14 Q— Q sq
15 P-K 4
Splendid play, which leaves black with-
out a valid defence. Black cannot capture the
KP, for white would continue KtxP, P— KB 5
and eventually B — Kt 5 with winning attack.
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16 Q— R 4
15 Kt— K 2
16 K— B 2
An unpleasant necessity. White threat-
ened B— Q 2, QR— K sq and PxKBP with irre-
sistible attack and black was unable to develop
his forces, since the Q Kt was pinned and the
K Kt had to be kept at K 2.
17 B— B3
18 P-Q 5
17 R— B sq
18 BPxP
Better perhaps was KPxP, but it must be
admitted that black's game was badly compro-
mised, if not beyond repair.
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20 B— Kt 4 ch 20 Kt— KB 4
21 KtxP 21 P— KKt 3
22 Kt— Kt 5 ch 22 K— B 3
23 P-QKt 4
The decisive stroke, which causes black
to surrender. White threatens B— Kt 2 ch,
winning in a few moves. See diagram.
Position after white's 23d move.
Black— Mr. Walter Penn Shipley.
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GAME No. 25.
Eighth game of the match.
French Defence.
White.
Mr. Tchigorin.
1P-K4
2P-Q4
3Kt-QB3
4 KtxP
5 &-Q 3 (a)
6 Kt— KB 3
7BxKt
8 B— Kt 5
9BxKt
ioQ-Q3(b)
n Q— Kt 5 ch (c)
12 QxB P
I3Q~B3
Black.
Mr. Schiffers.
1P-K3
2P-Q4
3PxP
4 Kt— K B 3
5 Q Kt-Q 2
6 KtxKt
7 Kt-B 3
8B— K2
9BxB
10 P— B 4
ir B— Q 2
12B-K2
13 Castles
14 Castles KR
15 K R— K sq
16 Q — Q 2
17 r— a 3
18 Q R— Q sq
19 Q— B 2
20 Kt— K 5
21B-Q3
22 R-K 2
23 Q R-K sq
24 Q— B sq
25 P-Q R 3
26 Q-B 4
27 Q-R 4
14 B— Q Kt 4
15 Q-Kt 3
16 Q R-O sq
17 P-Q R 4
18P-R5
i9P-Kt3
20 Q B— B 3
21 B— B3
22 B— K sq
23 Q— B 2
24 B— Kt 2
25 P-Q Kt 4
26Q-Q3
27 P-B 4 (e)
Position after white's 27th move.
Black— Mr. Schiffers.
White — Mr. Tchigorin.
28 B— K B 3
29 B— Kt 2
3oB^Q2
3i P-K 3
32 BxKt
33Q-Q4
34 P— Kt 4
35R-Bsq
36QxQ
28 Kt-B 3
29 Q-R 6
30 Q-R 3
3iKt-Kt5(f)
32 KtxP
33RxB
34 Q-Kt 3 (g)
35 Q-B 7
36Q-Q6
37 RxQ
And won by his Pawns.
(a) Tchigorin prefers this to B — KKt 5.
{b) White threatens to win the Q Kt P by
n BxP, BxB ; 12 Q— Kt 5 ch.
(c) The following line of play looks very
promising : BxRP, P— K Kt 3, 12 BxP, PxB ; 13
QxP ch, K— Q 2 ; 14 Castles, Q R.
(*) Tchigorin points out the following con-
tinuation : 27... BxKt ; 28 RxB, B— Q 2 ; 29 R—
R 5, PxR ; 30 BxP ch. KxB; 31 QxP ch, K-
Kt 2 ; 32 Q-Kt 5 ch, K— R 2 ; 33 R— K 4 and
wins.
( /) With the win of a second Pawn the issue
is decided.
(g) White refrains from taking a third Pawn
so as not to give black control of the open file
by R— K sq.
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GAME No. 26.
Played at St. Petersburg as 13th game of
the match.
Irregular Opening.
White.
Mr. E. Schiffers.
1P-K4
2 Kt-K B 3
3KtxP!
4Kt-KB3
5P-Q3
6PxP
7 B-K 2
8 Castles
9 Kt-B 3
10 Kt-K 5 !
11 B— R5
iaBxQ
13 Q-K 2 (e)
14 Kt-K 4 (f )
15 PxKt (g)
16 K-Kt 2
17 K-R sq (h)
18 K-Kt sq
19 K— R sq
2oQ-Ksq
21 K— Kt sq
22 Kt— Kt 3
23Q K3
24QXP?
Black.
Mr. M. Tchigorin.
1P-K4
2 P-K B 3 (a)
3 Q-K 2 (b)
4P-Q4
5PxP
6 QxP ch
7 Kt-B 3
8B-Q2
9Q-Kt3(c)
loKtxKt(d)
11 Castles
iaPxB
13B-Q3 ■
14 Kt— B 6 ch
15 BxP ch
16 B— R 6 ch
17 B— K 4
18 B— R7ch
19 B— K 4
20 B — Kt 5 dis. ch
21 Q BxP
22 Kt— K 2
23 B— B 3
24 P-Kt 3 (i)
Position after white's 24th move.
Black — Mr. M. Tchigorin.
25 B-K 3
26 P-K B 4
27PXB
28 K— B2
29 KxKt
30 Q-R 6 ch
31 BxP
32 K-B 4
33K-K3
34 K-B 4 (j)
White— Mr. E. Schiffers.
25 Kt— B 4
26 KtxKt
27 R— R 8 ch
28 R— R 7 ch
29 Q R-R sq
30 K— Kt sq
31 R— Kt 7 ch
32 R— R 5 ch
33R— R6ch
Drawn.
(a) A move like the above is generally made
by beginners only ; in the present case black
could very well afford to take liberties as he
needed but one game to win the match, while
his oppon ent needed six. He probably wanted
to show how cheap he held his rival.
(£>) This reduces the disadvantage of the
opening to a minimum. For the benefit of
those unacquainted with the theory we give the
continuation to 3. ..PxKt, viz , 4 Q — R 5 ch,
K— K 2 (if P— Kt 3, then 5 QxP ch and 6 QxR),
5 QxK P ch, K— B 2 ; 6 B-B 4 ch, P— Q 4 ;
7 BxP ch, K— Kt 3 ; 8 P— K R 4, P— K R 3 ;
9 «xKt P, B-Q 3 ; 10.Q-Q R 5, Kt-Q B 3 ;
11 BxKt, R — Kt sq, white must win, being 4
Pawns ahead.
(c) As will be seen shortly the Queen is very
badly posted there, but other moves are hardly
less unsatisfactory. The precarious position of
the Queen and the retarded development of
pieces is the penalty black has to pay for choos-
ing this hazardous opening.
(d) Making a virtue out of necessity ! If
Q — B4, then 11 B — Kt 4, winning the Queen.
The game becomes now very interesting.
(*)• Q — K sq was superior.
(/) This permits of a forced draw. B — B 4
appears to be a good continuation.
lg) If QxKt instead, black draws by BxP ch,
followed by B— Kt 6 dis. ch.
(A) The unfortunate position of white's
Queen becomes now manifest. If KxB, black
regains the Queen by BxR ch, remaining a
Rook and Pawn ahead.
(i) As pointed out by Mr. Schiffers, black
could have won here in brilliant fashion : 24. . .
R— R 8 ch ; 25 KtxR, B— R 7 ch ; 26 KxB,
R— R sq ch ; 27 K— Kt 3, Kt— B 4 ch ; 28 K
moves, R — R 4 mate.
( 7) We think white may safely play K — Q 4 *
if R— Q 7 ch, then 35 Q-Q 3, with the better
game.
GAME No. 27.
Played at Berlin with living pieces.
Four Knights Game.
White.
1 P— K4
2 Kt-K B 3
3 Kt-B 3
4P-Q3
5 B-K 2
6PxP
7 B-Q 2
8 BxKt
9 Castles
10 Q— Q2
ir Q R— Ksq
12 P-Q 4
13 P-Q 5 (b)
14 PxKt
15 BxP
16 BxP
i8P^KB4
19 R— B 3
20 B— K 8 (e)
21 RxR
22 RxB (h)
Black.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— Q B 3
3 Kt-B 3
4 P-K R 3
5P-Q4
6KtxP
7 KtxKt
8B-Q3
9 Castles
10 K — R sq
11 P— K B 4 (a)
12 P— K 5
13 K— R 2
14 PxKt
15 PxP (c)
16 Q R— Kt sq
17 Q-Kt 4 (d)
18 Q— Kt3
19 Q — B 2
20 RxB (f)
2iR-Kt4(g)
22 B— B4
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»3 Q— Q a (i)
04 QxR (1)
25 ,K— Rsq.
27 RxQ (m)
Resigns.
23 R— Kt 3
24R-Q8(k)
25 RxPch
26 R— Q 7 dis. ch
27 QxB
28 BxQ ch
(a) The opening moves of the game betireen
Golmayo and Walbrodt (Scotch gambit) rait
as follows: 1 P— K 4, P-K4; 2Kt-KB3,
Kt-QB 3 ; 3 P-Q 4, PxP ; 4 KtxP, P-Q 3 ;
5 B— QKt 5, B— Q 2 ; 6 Castles, Kt— B 3 ; 7 Kt
— QB 3, B— K 2 ; 8 P— KB 4, Castles ; 9 Ktx
Kt, BxKt ; 10 B—Q 3, Q— Q 2 ; 11 K— R sq,
QR— K S3 ; 12 P— KR 3. The position thus
was identical with the one above after black's
eleventh move, only the colors being reversed.
The game proceeded as in the text, viz : 12...
P— Q 4 ; 13 P— K 5, P— Q 5, and so on.
(b) Menacing 14 QxP ch, K— Kt sq ; 15 QxP
mate.
(c) Inferior to P— QKt 3.
(d) Obviously not Q — B 3 because of 18
QxRP.
(e) Good enough, though 20 R— KKt 3, P —
Kt 3 ; 21 B— K 8, or if 20 R— KKt sq ; 21 B—
Q 5 or R— K 8 were stronger yet.
(/) tf Q — Kt sq a likely continuation would
be 21 B— Kt 6 ch, KxB (or K— R sq ; 21 R—
KR 3); 22 R— Kt 3 ch, K— R 4 ; 23 Q— Q sq ch,
K— R 5 ; 24 R— R 3 mate.
{g) Unavailing. If, however, at once B — B4
white would also win by 22 QxB, QxR ; 23 R —
K 3» Q— Kt sq ; 24 R— K 7 or 23...B— K 3 ; 24
Q-K 5.
(A) A complicated and interesting position.
(i) Or BxQ ch; 24 BxB, P— Kt4; 25 PxP,
K—Kt 3 ; 26 PxP ch, K— R 4 ; 27 P— R 7, etc.
(£) Another way of winning would be 24 Rx
P ch, QxR ; 25 QxB, RxQ ; 26 BxQ, KxB ; 27
P— B3.
(/) This leads to a speedy termination. If
instead Q — K 2 ; then 25 RxP ch, etc.
(m) This was not played in the actual game,
Mr. Golmayo resigning at this juncture.
GAME No. 28.
Played in the recent match at Berlin between
Herren Caro and Mieses.
White.
Herr Mieses.
1P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3P-Q4
4 KtxP
5 KtxKt
6 P-K 5 (a)
7B-QB4
8B— Kt3
9Q-Kt4!
10 Q— R5
11 Castles
12 P-QB 4 (e)
13 Q-K 2
Scotch Gambit.
Black.
Herr Caro.
1 P-K 4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 PxP
4 Kt— B 3
5 Kt PxKt
6 Kt-Q 4 (b)
7 Kt-Kt 3
8 B— K 2 (c)
9K— Bsq(d)
10 Q — K sq
11 P— QB4
12 P— KB 3
13 PxP
14 P— B 4
15 Kt— B 3
16 P— B 5
17 B— K3
18 Kt— Q 5
19 PxKt
20 R— B4
21 B-^&4
»R— Ktsq
23 RxP (h)
24 R— Kt sq
25 QR— KB sq
•*6 P-Kt 4
27 B— B sq
28 KR— B 2
29 R— Ksq
30 R— B4
31 KR-B sq (k)
32RXB
33 R— Kt sq
34 KR-K sq
35RxR
36 QxP
37 RxQ
38 RxP
39 B-Q 3
40 K—Kt 2
41 R— Kt 6
42RXR
43 K-B 3
44 K— B4
45 B-B 4 (m)
46 P— KR 4
14 P-K 5 (f )
15 B— Kt 2
16 B— KB 3
I7P-Q3
18 KtxKt
19 P-QR 4
20 P— R5
aiP-R6
n PxP
23 B — B sq
24 Q-K 4
25 B— Q 2
26 R— QKt sq
27 R — K sq
28 P— R3
29 K-B 2 (i)
30 B— KKt 4
31 BxB
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37 PxP
38 P-QKt 4
39 P-Kt 5
40 R— R 4
41 R— R 3
42PXR
43 K-B 3
44B-R5
45 B-B 7
46BxP
And wins.
(a) B— Q 3 is the usual continuation. The
text move is a great favorite with Herr Mieses.
(b) At least as strong as Q — K 2.
M P— QR 4, followed by B— R 3, was to be
considered here.
{d) Probably better than B— B sq and cer-
tainly superior to P — Kt 3.
{e ) P— QB 3 was stronger.
(/) The safest plan. He cannot afford to
open the file for his opponent.
(z) Better to take the Pawn at once.
(A) A strong and surprising rejoinder. If
now BxR ; then 24 QxB, B— B sq ; 25 P-B 6,
P-Kt 3 ; 26 P— B 7, Q-K 4 J 27 QxQ, PxQ ;
28 BxP ch and wins.
it) Avoiding another clever trap. If29-..B—
KR5 ; 30 B— Kt 2, BxR ch ; 31 QxB, P— K 6 ;
32 Q— K 2, Q— K 2 ; 33 P— B 6 with an excellent
game.
(k) It is obvious that RxP would ultimately
lose a piece.
(/ ) Well played. After the exchange of the
heavy pieces black must win in the enaing.
im) Weak, but white is lost anyhow.
In Game No. 7, black's 26th move has been
omitted. The corrected score is :
26 Q— K 3 ch
27 B— K 5 27 P— B 4 mate
In Game No. n, white's 21st move should
read KR— Q sq.
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Consultation Game.
K. B
Opening.
White.
Black.
Messrs Richardson
Messrs. F.ttlhiger
and De Visser.
and Isaacson.
tP— K4
1P-K4
1B-B4
a K Kt— B 3
3P-KB4
3 PxP (a)
4QKt-B3(b)
5P-Q4(c)
4 QKt-B 3
S§— Kt5
6§-$3
7PxP
6PrQ4<d>
7KUP
S Xt-B 3
8 KtxKt (e)
9PiKt
10 Castles
10 Castles
nP-QR4(f)
11 R— Kt sq
;;t;;
Position after black's lath move.
Played especially for the American Chess Magazine at the Manhattan Chess Club, on June
30. 1897, by Messrs. Richardson and De Visser (white) against Messrs. Ettlinger and Isaacson
(black). Analysis by Mr. S. R. Rockamora.
(a) This is preferable to KtxP and leads to a
safe defence of the Bishop's gambit
(£) P— Q 3 is considered better if then P— Q
4 white answers 5 PxP, KtxP ; 6 Q— K a cb,
B— K 3; 7 BxKt, QxKt; 8 BxP with a good
position.
(c) Kt — B 3 seems preferable here, as white's
P— Q 4 admits o( the rather favorable develop-
ment of black's King's Bishop.
{d) So far the game is identical with a tour*
nament game played in Hastings between
Blackbume and Stein-
itz ; the latter castled
in this position.
(e) This manceuvre
attempting to save the
gambit pawn is not
favorable for black.
He should play BxKt,
followed by QKt—
K a and P— Q B 3
later on.
(f) In order to pre-
serve the King Bishop
if black plays Kt— R 4.
(g) There was no
n ecessi tytochangethe
Bishops. I think R—
K6(fbllowedbyQR—
K sq) or B-K 5 was
the better move.
(A) It is a question
if white could venture
to play R— B5 if black
would have played P
— QRi at this stage.
because the Rook
seems badly posted
after Q-R 3-
(») A weak move ;
better seems iSRxKt;
and if 19QXR, PxR ;
so PxP with an even
position.
(J) Black already
has a bad position, but
his next move, a grave
blunder, settles the
game. s. r. rockamora.
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Black.
35. By W. A. Shinkman.
Dedicated to Mr. Chas. A. Gilberg.
Black.
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AUGUST CONTENTS
PAGE.
Chess by Telegraph ... 131
The Art ©f Solving 132
Chess in Milwaukee. 133
Editorials •«. 134
OvertheSea .. 135
The Hodges-Stuart Game 139
The Quick and the Dead „ 140
Letters to the Editor 140
Echoes of the Cable Match 143
The Staten Island Club 144
Midsummer Meeting at Murray Island 145
Chat from Murray Isle 153
A Proposed Defence to the Ruy Lopez 156
Chess in Chicago 157
An Ancient Chess-King 157
Influence of Luck in Chess Tournaments... 158
A Reply to the Correspondent of the Wor-
cester Spy 158
How to Organize a Chess Club 158
The Chess Board , 159
The Match for the Championship of the
District of Columbia..... 160
PAQE.
Chess Data 160
Chess-Playing Commuters 160
The Canadian Championship Tournament. 161
Our Portrait Gallery *. 163
A Chess Tragedy 164
The Steinitz Testimonial 165
Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play
Chess 166
Competitions 167
The Theory of End Play 169
Jottings 170
Chess by Correspondence 171
The Canadian Champion * 171
At the Clubs 172
The Last of the Steinitz Gambit 174
Obituary 175
The American Chess Code 176
En Passant 176
Game Department 177
Problems 187
Tourney-Score 192
Answers to Correspondents 192
ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Chess Players at the Midsummer Meeting of the New York and Pennsylvania Chess
Associations, Murray Isle 130, 148, 149, 151
Our Portrait Gallery 141
J. Henniker Heaton 143
The Staten Island Club 144
Incidents of Murray Island Tournament 153, 154, 155
The Chess Board 159
Canadian Players 161
Steinitz Testimonial 165
Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play Chess 166
The American Chess Magazine is issued on the 25th of each month.
Please address all correspondence, whether intended for the Editor or Pub-
lisher, to the
American Chess Magazine,
3-7 Beekman Street, New York*
The Chess Players
At the Midsummer Meeting of the New York and Pennsylvania Chess Associations,
Murray Isle, August 3-7, 1897.
Photographed for the akkric»n Chimb Minium.
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CHESS MAGAZINE.
Vol. I.
AUGUST, 1897.
No. 3.
Chess by Telegraph*
The Western Union and Anglo-Ameri-
can Telegraph Companies have every rea-
son to feel proud of the feat accomplished
at the recent cable match. The abso-
lute accuracy and unprecedented prompti-
tude with which the messages were trans-
mitted were almost marvelous. Between
London and Washington are 8360 miles of
land and sea, but the distance did not per-
ceptibly impede the progress of the games,
as move and reply were transmitted to and
from London in 30^ seconds. A Wheat-
stone Duplex machine was used, and with
this a speed and accuracy were attained
unparalleled in the history of telegraphy.
In a test trial, before the match, one
move was made thus, " Black B K third,11
and the answer received, "White B takes
P," in exactly eight seconds.
More than once in the course of the pres-
ent match moves have been exchanged with-
in the space of thirty seconds. That is a
triumph, not merely of scientific discovery,
but of human skill. For the telegraphic
message has to pass through human brains
and hands, not only in London and Wash-
ington, but also at Valentia. and in New-
foundland, so that ior the message and its
reply eight separate transmissions by hu-
man agency are required in addition to the
action of the players themselves. To get
that through in less than half a minute
across an ocean and half a continent is a feat
of which the human race may well be proud.
This tremendous victory of human in-
telligence over material obstacles is bound
to exert a marked influence over the devel-
opment of chess in this country. We never
have had chess gatherings similar to those
held annually on the European Continent
and in England, nor are we likely to ever
have them. The geographical complexion
of our gigantic country precludes it. The
distance from Tilsit to Metz, the extreme
length of Germany, is 815 miles, about 70
miles less than from New York City to At-
lanta, Ga., and nearly 100 miles less than
from this city to Chicago. It is because
our large cities are so for apart from one
another that chess by mail is more culti-
vated here than in the Old World ; but this
slow process has to give way to chess by
telegraph, as locomotion by horse had to
give way to steam and electricity. Already
a number of team matches by wire have
been successfully contested in different sec-
tions of this country, and if our telegraph
companies in dealing with chess clubs will
display the same liberality, accuracy and
rapidity with which they carried through
the cable match they not only will win the
gratitude of American chess players, but
open up a source of revenue likely to turn
out profitable for themselves.
132
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The Art of Solving*
If it be difficult to solve problems, it
is still more difficult to advise others how
to solve. Even the best authorities are
rather vague on this point, giving little
more than general instruction. First of all
one should notice what liberty the black
King has and see if one can bring about
the mate if he play to any square now open
to him. If there is no mate in the required
number of moves, remember the key must
either provide one or block up that way of
escape. In the same way, one should see
if the white King is open to check ; if not,
the key must either provide a method of
continuation or prevent the check. In a
two-mover, if one or more of the squares
next the black King are guarded solely by
a Kt or Rf it is very probable that the key
allows the K to play one or more of such
squares either by the Kt or R playing en
prise or playing back. In solving a two-
move problem one should not concern
himself about white's first move, but should
examine what happens when black moves,
when it will be easily seen how to thwart
the different defences at black's disposal.
Captures or checks are, as a rule, not to be
considered, and direct threats are not gen-
erally used in this kind of composition, the
keys being mostly moves of repose or
waiting.
A three-move problem is naturally much
more difficult of solution. Sometimes the
construction indicates it to be a threat
problem. Often, however, sign-posts are
conspicuous by their absence. On this
subject the well-known composer G. Hume
gives the following excellent advice, which
even experienced solvers will do well to
take to heart :
" First get a good general idea of the
position, observing the potentialities of the
white pieces for attack, and the capabilities
of the black pieces for defence. It some-
times happens that in this "bird's-eye"
view of the problem the solution springs
upon one without one being able exactly
to say how. An idea probably suggests
itself as we are considering the movement
of some piece, all system is thrown aside,
and the suggestion forthwith more closely
investigated, found to be so far sound,
applied to other variations, again accepted,
and the problem is solved, " at a glance,' '
as it is said. It is not often, however, that
we are thus fortunate, and it is necessary
to proceed in a more systematic manner.
Next observe the black King and his
flight squares. As said before, he must
either be prevented using these, or mated
if he does. It is best, perhaps, first to
study the result of his attempt to escape,
for sometimes a little consideration will
show that it is impossible to force a mate
under these circumstances, and the problem
is already more than half solved, for the
key must be one that cuts off this mode of
escape. Then if a Might square has thus
to be taken away the great probability is
that the key will provide another, or per-
haps more than one, as a set off ; but this is
not invariably the case, as some very fine
problems have from the necessities of the
position a weak key. Remember, too,
that in giving a flight square it is no un-
common device to place the piece protect-
ing it in the square itself, and thus en prise
to the black King, especially perhaps in
the case of a Knight.
On the other hand we may find that we
can provide a mate when the King tries to
escape. In that case test its worth by con-
sidering other possible moves of the King
and his forces. If a mate is found for all
these the problem is solved. Bear in mind,
however, that over and over again a key
is discarded because, though it acts in
nearly all variations, it does not act, ap-
parently, in one, when, as a matter of feet,
some quiet waiting move is white's second
move in this variation, while all the others
are evident checking moves ; and when we
see the printed solution we find, to our
mortification, that after all we were on the
right track, but missed our way.
If, again, the use of a flight square lead
to a short mate or a dual continuation, it is
fairly certain that such was not the com-
poser's intention ; and it is advisable to
search for a key which will either cut oft
the flight square, or at all events eliminate
the flaw if it be taken advantage of. Fur-
thermore, we may slightly anticipate mat-
ters by saying that the same remark would
hold good of all short mates and dual con-
tinuations arising from any of black's first
moves, were it not, first, for the fallibility of
even the best composers, and, secondly, for
the fact that some English and many conti-
nental composers pay no regard to such
flaws after useless moves of black, prefer-
ring their presence to the addition of other-
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
133
wise valueless pieces, or to the rearrange-
ment of the position if thereby any of the
beauty of the problem be sacrificed.
If the King has no flight squares it may
be well to consider keys which give him
one or more of such means of escape,
though probably this can be done with
greater advantage when the capabilities of
the position have been further studied.
Observe the white King. In a good
problem it is seldom absolutely useless,
though its presence may only be utilized
to stop a cook or dual. If, however, it is
so situated that black can check in his sec-
ond move, it is evident that white1 s second
move in such a variation must either be a
check to stop this, or must provide a mate
by the capture of black's checking piece,
or by the interposition of a white piece the
removal of which discovers mate.
These measures having failed, dismiss
for the time being all thoughts of the key.
Let black move first, and see what mates
are ready to hand. Having found what
exist, then the key must be one which will
provide mates for the others, but do not
forget that such a key may destroy some
of the mates already found, though, of
course, it will provide others in lieu there-
of. In block problems this will often put
us riwjht, but the worst of it is in three-
movers it is by no means easy always to be
sure of what is a block and what a threat
problem. It may begin as a threat, and
continue with a quiet second move, or vice
versa. Still, even if we do not thus learn
the key, we are nearly always very much
helped towards the solution . We find out
the capabilities of the position, see some
charming sacrifice leading to a pure mate
or some other beauty in construction, which
must be the author's intention, and thereby
gain valuable information.
Look out for sign posts. An apparently
useless Pawn two or three squares removed
from the black King may only come into
play when the King is allowed to travel in
its direction. It may, however, be added to
prevent some dual. Similarly a white
Knight out in the cold must either be al-
lowed to get within its reach. Exceptions
occur in the very rare cases when a Knight is
used, to take the places of a Pawn on the first
or eighth ranks and thus prevent a bad dual.
Try checks not necessarily with a view
to a solution in this way, but to learn the
power of the pieces employed and the
bearing they have on each other. Occa-
sionally some trap will be exposed into
which the King has to be drawn, or some
variation, which, by its beauty, peculiarity,
or arrangement, will convince the solver
that he has got hold of some part of the
solution.
Do not pore too long over a problem,
and above all never despair. Returning to
the problem on another occasion, fresh
light will probably be poured on the sub-
ject, and what appeared so difficult may all
at once become plain. Sometimes, indeed,
it happens that the solution to the enigma
flashes across one quite unexpectedly when
the mind is apparently engaged with quite
different subjects.
To complete the work, having found
your key, look out, not only for the beau-
ties of the position, but for its flaws, duals,
cooks, etc. Study the why and wherefore
of every piece ; and, lastly, if competing in
a solution tourney, test your solutions when
written as carefully as you would your
moves in a correspondence tourney.
Chess in Milwaukee*
The subject of chess playing in Milwaukee,
or there being none, has been talked about
more or less for some time, and still there has
been no revival of interest. The few who do
play have been obliged to content themselves
with games with one another, or with attempts
at blindfold chess, individually. There are a
number of Milwaukee men who have made no
inconsiderable record as chess players, and
among whom, at intervals, a chess club has
been discussed, though the idea is not gener-
ally very popular. "A chess club," said one
of these lately, "takes three-quarters of the
enjoyment out of a good game of chess. What
is wanted is a room dedicated to the players,
where one or two of them are likely to be found
outside business hours ready and willing for a
game with friend or stranger who has dropped
in to look on, or to play, too. Such a room in
connection with one of the hotels or restau-
rants would get itself popular in no time, and
incidentally, no doubt, the institution which
supported it." Among those in Milwaukee
who are more or less identified with the game
are W. E. Carter, Robert McMynn, K. D. Peter-
son. Leslie Garner and Dr. Lemon.
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be most careful, in reporting alt matches,
etc., to have the names of the players cor-
rectly spelled. Mistakes, however, are
almost certain to occur, unless there is a
club book on hand for reference. Secre-
taries would do us a great favor if they
would send us their club book.
The recent meeting of the New York
State Chess Association at Murray Hill
Hotel, Thousand Islands, stands out with
distinctness as one of the bright spots in
the history of the organization. A week
of chess in a locality where nature has been
lavish in the bestowal of her most exquisite
charms, with perfect weather, the presence
of many ladies whose interest in the games
and contestants gave zest to the tourna-
ments, a hotel whose accommodations were
superior to those ever before enjoyed by
the members at a meeting, the presentation
of two beautiful pieces of silver as prizes,
with closely fought contests that kept the
interest of all to the end : with these at-
tractions and more the meeting was a suc-
cess.
The New York State Chess Association
is the oldest state organization in this coun-
try, dating back to 1878, when it was com-
menced by enthusiasts in Auburn under
the title of the Western New York and
Northern Pennsylvania Chess Association.
In 1884 a step was made toward broaden-
ing the association and the name was
changed to the New York and Pennsyl-
vania Chess Association. In 1886 the finai
change was made, dropping the Pennsyl-
vania portion, and the name became the
New York State Chess Association, wiih
the understanding that all those who had
previously been members should retain
their membership without regard to locality.
In the first years the champion of the asso-
ciation became president for the following
year, but in 1888 the office became an elec-
tive one, W. W. Ellsworth, of Brooklyn,
being the first to assume the duties under
the new order. In 1889 Clement H. Bruel,
of Brooklyn, was elected, and in 1801
Charles A. Gilberg, of Brooklyn, was his
successor. Under Mr. Gilberg the growth
of the association was constant, and under
the care of Mr. Howard J. Rogers, of Al-
bany, who assumed the position in 1893,
interest has continued to increase.
Two meetings are held each year by the
association. February 22, in New York
City, and during August in the western
part of the State.
In every State of the Union a similar or-
ganization should be under way. Penn-
sylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Rhode
Island and a few others have associations,
and there is no reason, except the inactivity
of chess players, to account for the lack of
interest which lessens the number.
The American Chess Magazine will
co-operate with any players who desire to
form an association in their State.
The heated term is responsible for many
aberrations which would not have been
committed had it been cool, and had the
editors been supplied with abundant ma-
terial. This summer, a long-drawn-out
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
135
controversy about the respective merits of
chess and checkers and the superiority of
the one over the other was inflicted upon
an innocent and unsuspecting public.
Columns after columns appeared on the
subject in various chess and checker
papers, and both sides quoted freely from
living and dead to prove their cause. The
feet is that both games have their attrac-
tions, but such is human nature that but
very few men who understand a game will
admit the superiority of another of which
they do not know anything at all, and all
efforts to convince them will merely be
wasted. A simile can be found in sports.
The base-ball player will never be con-
vinced of cricket being a superior game,
nor will the cricketer relinquish his game
for base-ball. Golf is perhaps more scien-
tific than either of the two, but the de-
votees of those games will hardly admit it.
The Omaha Excelsior, one of the best
weeklies published in the Northwest, gave
an excellent reproduction of p. 98 in its
issue of August 14, with the announcement
that an illustrated article will appear in the
next number of the American Chess
Magazine. Editorial courtesy happily is
not dead yet. We also note with infinite
pleasure that some of our daily contem-
poraries have used not a few of the
illustrations from the July number. We,
however, are not responsible for the sub-
stitution of Pillsbury's picture for that of
W. E. Napier.
We have been informed that II in "An
Exploded Myth," July number, p. 92,
which we credited to the Charleston News
has first appeared in the Times- Democrat,
and was written on request by Mr. Jas. D.
Seguin. The error was not ours, but we
hasten to make correction while tendering
our apologies to our esteemed confrere.
We also give credit to Mr. Seguin, to the
following notes to game No. 11 (June,
P- 53), (e), (f), (j) and partly (b).
The harmonious and successful meeting
jointly held by the State Associations of
New York and Pennsylvania suggests a
repetition of a similar event, but on a more
extended scale. There are plenty of chess
players along the Atlantic Coast and down
East, who, we think, would gladly attend.
Old Point Comfort, Va., for instance,
would be a good place for a winter meet-
ing, and a gathering at New Orleans
during Mardi Gras week, the best possible
wind up of the season.
Quoting from our article on the Pills-
bury-Showalter match, the Berliner Schach-
zeilung remarks to Pillsbury's statement
that he is not in search of any title but one,
meaning the championship of the world :
"Poor Pillsbury, his chances for this title
are. yet at a far dim distance." Mr. Pills-
bury is universally regarded as Lasker's
most dangerous opponent ; in their per-
sonal encounter he has come out ahead,
and, after all, this is a fast-traveling age.
*
The Wochenschach is authority for the
information that there are 9 Chess Clubs
in Prussia, 581 in the British Empire, 206
in Germany, 1 1 1 in the United States, and
30 in Austria. We have some misgivings
about those in, among which probably
some figure that have gone out of exist-
ence. There are none too many, and there
is ample room for more.
The American Chess Magazine
is published on the 25th of each month.
Beginning with January 1, 1898, it will be
published on the 1st of each month.
The first volume will be made Up of the
seven numbers issued during the year
1897, of which three have appeared, and
the coming four numbers will be issued
monthly as heretofore.
The second volume will contain twelve
numbers, issued from January, 1898, to
December, 1898.
Subscription for twelve subsequent num-
bers, $300; until December, 1898, viz.,
first and second volumes, $4.00. To
foreign countries in the postal union, 50
cents per year extra.
Subscribers paying $4.00, till the end of
next year, can have, upon remittance
of an additional dollar, one of Catlin's
best made Improved Pocket Chess Boards.
A meeting of the tournament committee of
the Southern Counties' Chess Union was held
on June 19 at the City of London Chess
Club. The amateur tournament at Southamp-
ton was definitely fixed to commence on Mon-
day, August 30, at 7 P. M., and close not
later than Wednesday, September 8. It will
be held at King Edward the VI. Grammar
School. There will be four sections— I For
first-class amateurs, entrance fee one guinea,
first prize £<<>• second prize £5. II. Entrance
fee half-a-guinea, first prize ^5. III. Entrance
fee half-a-guinea. first prize ^"5. IV. For
ladies only, first prize £5 '• entrance fee half-
a-guinea. There will also be handicap tourna-
ments. The hours of play will be from 10
A. M. to 2 P. M., and from 6.30 P. M. to 10.30
P. M.; three games to be played in two days,
every ultimate morning being devoted to finish-
ing adjourned games.
The Midland Counties Chess Association
has been organized. The executive committee
is to consist of president, secretary, treasurer
and 17 others, seven of whom will form a
quorum.
The British Chess Club has been dissolved
and a new organization formed, which, while
chess will still be a feature, cannot be called a
chess club. The new quarters are at White-
e-president of St. George's Chess Club.
elected president, vice Earl of Dartry de-
ceased. Rev. W. Wayte was elected vice-
president.
*
The City of London Chess Club has kept its
door open during the summer season, and
various simultaneous performances have taken
Elace. In the first-class tournament Mr. Black-
urn e is leading.
At the North London Chess Club the "Club
Medal," presented by the president, has been
won by Mr. A C. Jackman (Class 11). Mr. C.
Beavis (Class III), who has only recently joined
the club and proved a decided acquisition, was
unfortunate in that the only game he lost
through the whole of the tournament was that
played against Mr. Jackman in the final round.
an hour, was begun at Simpson's Divan, be-
tween Mr. H. J. Bird and F. j. Lee. The
score at this writing stood 6 to 4 in Lee's favor.
In the match Muller v. Loman, which b
being played at Simpson's Divan, London, the
score at the time ol writing is: Muller, 3;
Loman, o.
*
A team match, 9 on a side, resulted in a
sweeping victory for Liverpool over Glasgow
by the score of 7JJ to i#.
SCOTLAND.
The correspondence match between Glasgow
and Edinburgh commenced last year, has
lately been brought to a conclusion, Edinburgh
winning one game, the second being drawn.
The programme for the coming international
tournament at Berlin has been issued. Six
prizes are offered for the masters, viz., 1000,
1500, 1000, 600, 400 and 200 marks. Baron Al-
bert de Rothschild has donated 300 marks to be
awarded to the winner of the best-contested
game, and there is a special prize of 100 marks
tor the best score against the prize-winners
achieved by a non-winner. The entrance fee is
40 marks. The prizes for the major tourna-
ment are 400, 210, 120, 60 and 30 marks, and a
special prize of 20 marks for best score against
the winners. Entrance fee 10 marks. The
tournament will open on Sept. ia.
The admirers of Paul Morphy have just «■
tablished in Berlin a new society, membership
of which is open to all chess players in the
world. The chief object of this society is the
collection and publication of all unpublished
games, letters and biographical notes of Paul
Morphy The leader of the society is Mr. F.
Gutmayer, in Berlin. The annual subscription
is $3, All subscribers will receive the organ
of publication, the Berliner Schaehzeituag,
gratis All applications to be sent to Mr. Max
Gunther, Berlin, August-st. 87. Chess editors
are requested to make this widely known.
*
The tournament at Altona attracted 47 com-
petitors, of whom 8 played in the master class.
Melzer won first prize, Siichling second. In the
second group Dr. Karstens won.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE
137
AUSTRIA,
The Vienna Chess Club plans an interna-
tional tournament in two rounds with suitable
prizes for next May. The necessary funds have
already been subscribed.
Upon suggestion of Mr. Max Judd a tourna-
ment between the leading masters in Vienna
was held. C. Schlechter won without losing a
game with a score of 6>£ ; then followed Max
Judd, 1% ; Marco, 5 ; Foehndrich, 4 ; Jap
Eden, 2# ; Wolf, 2% ; Hamlisch, i#, and
Mandelbaum, #.
FRANCE.
Mr. S. Rosenthal gave a blindfold perform-
ance at the Casino d'Erauelines which lasted 7
hours. Of 8 games played he won 7 and
drew 1.
*
The tournament at the Cafe" Glacier, Nice,
was won by Messrs. Clerissy, Cartelazzo and
Vaillant, in the order named.
A two-round handicap tournament, 17 en-
tries, has been concluded at Besancon, M.
Zani winning with a score of 27} games.
ITALY.
The tournament at Venice has nearly been
finished. A few games remain to be played by
Delia Rosa and Moro, but they hardly can sur-
pass C. Salvioli, who has completed his
schedule and will probably be the victor.
The tournament at Milan resulted as follows :
1st prize, A. Reggjo ; second, W. Kaekan ;
third and fourth divided between G. Arriva-
bene and C. Follini.
RUSSIA.
An extraordinary exhibition of chess with
living pieces took place at St. Petersburg on
June 5, which drew an immense crowd to the
velodrome of the St. Petersburg Cycling Club.
The zame selected to be played was the thir-
teenth of the match between Tchigorin and
Schiffers, No. 26, July number, with the termi-
nation as in note (i). It was intended to illus-
trate the episode in the Hungarian uprising of
1849, when the dictator Goergey, after his un-
fortunate battle at Vilagos, was taken prisoner
and surrendered to the Russians ; and more or
less the costumes adopted called to mind the
nationalists of both sides. The large open
space in the velodrome was laid out as a gigan-
tic chess board, whose squares were clearly dis-
tinguished by sprinkled white sand and dark
material. Its size was about five thousand
square metres, and each piece was represented
by from three to eight persons. Thus, the
King and Queen were on horseback, surrounded
by servants, pages and warriors. Each Knight
was represented by three armed riders; the
Bishops consisted of six young ladies clothed
in tasteful bright and dark dresses ; the Castles
were nearly ten feet high, and on their ram-
?arts were cannons and troops ; finally, each
awn was embodied in five foot-soldiers. This
combination of persons for each piece must
have been somewhat confusing, but all seems
to have gone off well. The conductors were
Tchigorin and Schiffers, the former command-
ing the Russian and the latter the Hungarian
army. Each move was heralded by a horn sig-
nal, which set the respective divisions of forces
in motion."
The correspondence tourney ot the Schach-
mainy Journal resulted as follows : A. Romash-
kevich, 9% ; C. Behting, 9; W. Tabuntchni-
koff, 7)4 ; E. Schiffers, 6 ; B. S. Kolenko, 4 ; N.
Uronsoff, 3J4, and E. Shabelski, 2>£.
The Circo lo Scacchistico de Milano is hold-
ing a tourney with 24 entries. In the match by
telegraph with Palermo, Milan has won one
game in 25 moves. The second was adjourned
until November.
Two games are being played by correspond-
ence between Rome and Genua.
DENMARK.
The handicap at the Copenhagen Club re-
sulted as follows :
Class. Games Played. Won.
I. Krause 16 15
III. Richter 15 11}
I. Moller 15 11
SPAIN.
Madrid. — After a brilliant victory over L.
Garriga, Senor Agustin Gomez defeated S.
Talavera by 10 to 5, 2 draws.
Barcelona. — De Castro beat F. Escute" in
a match, the final score being 7 to 3, 1 draw.
SWEDEN.
The first Northern Chess Tourney was begun
at Stockholm on the 22. Among the clubs in-
vited were Christiana, Copenhagen, Gothen-
burg, Upsala, Helsingfors and Noirkoping.
The entrants were limited to 14. The tourney
is in one round, 3 games to be played in 2 days.
There are 6 prizes, whereof the first will be 300
kroner.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The sevententh match between Victoria and
New South Wales was played on the Queen's
Birthday, and resulted in the crushing defeat of
tne Sydney team, who did not win a single
game, the final score being, Victoria 9 games,
drawn 1. This startling result is in some
measure due to the sister colony having lost the
services of Messrs. Wallace and Hall, though
this was to some extent compensated by the
absence from the home team of Mr. Tullidge,
owing to serious illness, and of Messrs. Baynes,
Heaver and Stanley, who might also possibly
have strengthened it. Arrangements had been
made for introducing a special wire into the
upper hall of the Athemeum, from which the
moves could be telegraphed direct to the
rooms of the Sydney Chess Club, which had
also been connectea with the telegraph office.
This added greatly to the comfort and conveni-
ence of the players. Everything went on
smoothly, and every game was comfortably
finished when time was called, so that there
was no necessity for the unsatisfactory method
of deciding such contests by adjudication.
The time limit, as in the last match, was fixed
at two hours for the first 34 moves and one hour
for each 17 moves subsequently. Mr. Linden
was elected to represent the Victorian team at
the Sydney end and Mr. Wallace as umpire
here on behalf of Sydney. Mr. Charlick, by
mutual agreement, was appointed adjudicator
of any unfinished games, if required. The
Board. Victoria. New South Wales.
1. Mr. Esling 1 Mr. Crane —.. ..o
a. Mr. Hodgson I Mr. jacobsen o
3. Mr. Wilson 1 Mr, Scott. o
4. Mr. Loughran J Mr. Britton \
5. Mr. Weldon I Mr. fonas o
6. Mr. Tombleson...i Mr Foster o
7. Mr. Crewe 1 Mr. Taylour o
8. Mr. Younkman....! Mr. Lee o
9. Mr. Noall 1 Mr. Pietzeker o
10. Mr. Wilton 1 Mr. Ridley o
Victoria had the move at the boards with the
odd numbers and New South Wales at the
others, the openings adopted being the Ruy
Lopez at boards 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9, the QP 1
opening at boards 5 and 7, and Bird's opening
of P— KB 4 at board 10. Of the 17 matches
between these colonies Victoria has won 13
and New South Wales 3, 1 being drawn.
Everything went on smoothly with the excep-
tion of a little friction in connection with the
transmission of ambiguous moves.
The proceedings terminated with a hearty
vote of thanks to Mr. Doward, the operator,
who as usual discharged his duties without
making a single mistake.
The Melbourne Chess Club is holding a
championship with »o entries. Leading scores:
Esling, 6 to o ; Hodgson, 6% to J4 ; Weldon,
5 to a ; Russell, 5 to 3 ; Grant. Younkman and
Loughran, 4X to aJ4 each ; Wilson, Landells,
3 to 1 each.
The Norwood Club, Adelaide, is holding a
handicap with so entries. The prize-list will be
similar to that given last year, the first prize
carrying with it the right to hold the shield pre-
sented by Sir E. T. Smith, for twelve months.
This shield has to be won twice before becom-
ing the absolute property of any player, and is
at present held oy Mr. R. Bowen, who won it
last year for the first time.
Telegraphic matches were contested on May
34, between Wagga Wagga and Broken Hill
(15 a side), and on June 4 between Bathhursl
and Mudgee (9 aside, 10 games). In the case
of the former Mr. Crane adjudicated on live
games ; and in the case of the latter Mr. Jacob-
sen adjudicated on seven games. The final re-
sults were : Wagga Wagga, 10 wins ; Broken
Hill three wins and two draws; Bathhurst,
seven wins ; Mudgee, no wins and three draws.
Mrs. Houlding. described in the Sydney Mail
as *' probably the strongest lady chess player in
Australia," played for Wagga Wagga on board
4, and won her game.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
139
The Hodges-Stuart Game*
Mr. D Stuart, and, we may say, the entire
Franklin Chess Club, is of the opinion that
Mr. Steinitz erred in awarding; the above fame
to the Manhattan Chess Club (compare A. C.
M., No. 2, game 16, p. 115). Their claim is
based on 4c... R — Q 2, a move not considered
by Mr. Hodges in his notes to the game. We
append Mr. Stuart's analysis.:
Position after white's 40th move.
Black— D. Stuart.
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In the analysis given by Mr. Hodges, in the
second number of this magazine, page 1 15, he
suggests two lines of play for black, which calls
to mind a note frequently made to interior
moves, "I wonder why?" If we accept the
two lines laid down by Mr. Hodges in his con-
tinuation of the game, as the strongest for
black, the ^ame is certainly lost to black, but if
black on his 40th move plays PxR, we would
suggest the following lines of play for black,
beginning with the 41st move :
White.
41 RxR
42R-QR8(b)
43 RxR P (c)
44Q*QP(d)
White.
41 RxR
42 R-Q R 8
43Q-K4
44RxP
45 QxKt P
White.
43Q-K4
44 R-K 8 (f )
I.
Black.
41 R-Q 2 (a)
42 Q— R 8
43 K-K 2
44 R— K8
II.
Black.
41 R-Q *
42 Q— R 8
43Q-KB3
44 R— K 2
45 P— R 5 (e)
III.
Black.
43 Q-KB 3
44 R— Ba
White.
41 RxR
42 Q-K 4
IV.
Black.
41 R-Q 2
42 Q-S 3 (g)
V.
Black.
41 R-Q 2
42Q-B3(i)
White.
41 RxR
42 R— K 2 (h)
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(a) Queen takes Bishop's Pawn, (as sug-
gestea by Mr. Hodges for black,) is suicidal,
for it not only allows white to obtain an over-
whelming attack, but gives him a pass Pawn.
The purpose of black should be defend this
Pawn as long as possible, and when white
abandons the King's file, to sacrifice it to
secure the open King's file, as a means of
counter attack on the exposed position of
white's king.
{&) There are several variations, which seem
to be open to white, and we will first continue
with a line of attack pointed out by Mr.
Rocamora, in the presence of Mr. Steinitz,
which seemed to win, but the proper continua-
tion for black was not then seen.
{c) We give this continuation first, as it was
the object to win the Rook's Pawn, but the
capture is fatal.
{d) If Queen captures the QKt's P, it is
equally bad, tor then black R to K 8 wins.
(e) This move forces a draw.
(/) The foregoing analysis seems to force
the Rook to return to the King's file, but black
has thereby gained an important move, and
preserved the Queen's Pawn, and as the same
variation can be secured by playing for white
on his 4?d move Q — K 4, R to R 8 is fruitless
for white.
(jr) In this position, if there is any win it is
very difficult to find, and under the custom of
adjudicating adjourned games, a clear win
should be shown by some line of play after
eight or ten moves. Black would now main-
tain the position that he has secured and
wait till the King's file is vacated, or white
advances the Pawns on the King's side, which
seems hardly advisable.
(h) If white is forced to this variation, the win
seems still more remote.
(i) If now Queen takes Queen, then King
takes Queen, and the white's Queen's Pawn is
lost or his game prejudiced.
(j\) White has now no attack that black can-
not answer with counter a tack on the King's
side.
140
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The Quick and the Dead*
A subscriber furnishes us with the follow-
ing interesting statistics of chess period-
icals published in this country which we
reprint, together with the interrogation
somewhat facetiously put at the end.
Dubuque Chess Journal.
(Published by O. A. Brownson.)
Dec., 1 871— June, 1892.
The American Chess Journal.
(Samuel Loyd.)
March, 1878— July, 1879.
Brent ano's Chess Monthly.
(Edited by Allen, Babson and Barnes.)
May, 1881— Sept., 1882.
Brooklyn Chess Chronicle.
(J. B. and E. M. Munoz.)
Oct., 1882— 1887.
International Chess Magazine
(W. Steinitz )
1885 — Dec, 1 89 1.
Columbia Chess Chronicle.
(C. Schubert— 1889, J. H. Todd— '90.)
1887— Feb., 1890.
Boston Chess Magazine.
1893—94.
Washington Chess Journal.
1893— '94-
American Chess Magazine.
(W. Borsodi.)
June, 1897 ?
A few remarks will not be amiss. Un-
doubtedly the present is more favorable
than the past, as interest in chess has been
increasing with every year. In most of the
above cases, insufficient capital was the main
cause of the collapse, besides the men who
undertook the venture were, as a rule,
neither publishers nor newspaper men. In
not a few instances the publisher was editor
and compositor all in one. Mr. Steinitz
might have made his magazine pay but for
his ' personal and general ' column. As
to this magazine, the proprietor has been
in the publishing business for 25 years, the
editor is a trained newspaper man and all
that's necessary is the support (not only
appreciation) by the public.
Letters to the
218 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.,
August 9th, 1897.
Editors A. C. Magazine:
Gentlemen — No one can more highly ap-
preciate or admire the scientific, literary and
artistic beauty and merit of your magazine than
I do.
I took great pleasure in purchasing a dozen
of No. 1 and giving them to chess players in
New Bedford, Mass , Fall River, Mass.f etc.
I have had an enthusiastic interest in chess
for over 45 years. It has been my pleasure to
establish clubs, energize chess resorts and sup-
port the game wherever I have been for over
thirty years of itinerating.
I have seen the birth with joy and mourned
the death of several chess magazines. They
all cease from lack of support. Clubs of one
hundred members will subscribe for one copy !
the members for two or three more !
I shall take pains to call the attention of all
the chess players I meet.
Yours sincerely,
James A. Congdon.
American Chess Magazine,
New York.
Your notes on the 16th game of the Pills-
bury-Showalter match should be revised, in
one important point. You follow all the other
commentators and it is time that the great com-
bination of Sho waiter in that game should be
disclosed. The depth and beauty of it are
proved by the fact that none of the chess
editors have as yet seen it.
I have Mr Showalter's authority for saying
that on the 16th move, he saw the combination
which he should have carried out, but on the
1 8th move he lost it. He simply could not re-
member it, and failed to win what would have
been one of the most brilliant match games
ever played.
Your note to the 18th move says, "obviously,
not BxP, for P — Kt 3 would have gained a
piece for black.' ' On the contrary, BxRP was
the proper move for white, and if 18 BxK RP,
P— KKt 3 ; 19 BxR, PxQ ; 20 B— K 7, and the
black Q can not escape. This would, at least,
have drawn the match.
You editorially say that Showalter will not
make as good a score in his next match with
Pillsbury. Those who contributed to Mr.
Showalter's stakes in the last match differ with
your opinion. We are ready and anxious for
another match, but as long as Mr. Pillsbury is
negotiating a match with Lasker, we do not
intend to do anything to interfere with it.
Yours in chess, if not in prophecy,
J. C. B
The move suggested would have won.
In our note we used the comment of the
players given to us at the time. The win
has since been pointed out by Dr. Tar-
rasch and by Herr Mieses. — Ed.
Our Portrait Gallery.
Echoes of the Cable Match.
Mr. ]. Henniker Heaton, M. P., who ar-
ranged the chess match between the House of
Commons and the House of Representatives,
has written an article for the Pail Mall Gazelle,
describing the outcome of the tournament and
the pleasure it gave to the British contestants.
His comments upon the good feeling shown
in the play are emphatic and numerous. He
compares the American generosity in giving
extra time to Mr. Atherley-Jones to that dis-
played by the knight who, observing that his
opponent's horse was unmanageable, raised the
Sint of his lance and passed by at a gallop.
'. Atherley -Jones's slowness in the role of an
unmanageable horse is a good figure, if that
worthy gentleman has no objections to its
In regard to the suggestion that the House of
Lords should play the United States Senate,
Mr. Heaton says :
" I do not know how the Senators would re-
ceive such a proposal, but I am certain that
their acceptance of it would, on this side of the
water, add immeasurably to the interest of the
next contest. It is for some Peer or Senator to
take the initiative. But most of us could name,
oflhand, a Duke, a Marquis, an Earl, a Vis-
count and a Baron (.nay, a Bishop might be
added to the list) who would be able to give
points, or rather moves, to any equal number
of Senators, including Mr Conkling himself."
Senator Conkling died in 1888. Mr Heaton
also speaks of the silver States of Colorado,
article will be read with pleasure by I
i, the
uouniy. vvucii uic guou government
staten island club. movement subsided the club developed
cbM. l. Seiser. f. winthrop white into a Social Reform Club, which fos-
wuterDmbrow. j. a. King tered such indoor games as chess, bill-
J. 0. TimotaL E.A.DeLta» . , ,. _ ._ . ,
John S. D»Tenport. Ed. Weidenfeld. Dr. Brjao, lards, whlSt, etc., while musicals and
John m. cartere. Runsdi Bieecker. lectures were given at regular intervals.
On the first of May the club took posses-
sion of its present luxurious quarters on
Richmond Terrace, St. George, formerly the country-seat of the late Joshua Jones,
president of the Chemical Bank. The club has 150, many of whom are addicted to
chess. Two months ago Pillsbury gave a simultaneous performance, which was well
attended. A handicap attracted fully 24 entries, the winners being I, W. J. Howder
(first class) ; 2, W. P. Preble, Jr. (first class); 3, Eberhard Faber (second class); 4,
N. B. Day (second class). Mr. Steinitz gave a simultaneous exhibition previous to his
going to Thousand Islands, encountering 25 players, all of whom he defeated but the
veteran C. Brenzinger, who drew his game. On August 1 1 the past master conducted
two games sans voir, Messrs. N. B. Day, F. H. Bergen and A. L, Camacho consulting on
board No. t and Messrs. L. Rosenfeld, Dr. S. Gold and H. Hirsch consulting on board
No. 2. Steinitz won the first and drew the second.
The officers of the club are : President, John M. Carrere ; vice-president, Ralph
McKee ; recording secretary, N. B. Day ; corresponding secretary, Walter Durbrow ;
treasurer, F. Winthrop White ; trustees, John S. Davenport, Geo. R. Mosh, Chas. T.
Adams, Edw. Weidenfeld, J. Eberhard Faber, Russell Bleecker, Dr. William Bryan,
Jerome A. King, Howard L. Waldo, Theo. F. Eadie, Chas. L. Seeger, E. A. De Lima,
J. G. Timolat. The committee on chess consists of Messrs. N. B. Day, J. L. Kennedy
and W. Durbrow.
MIDSUMMER MEETING
AT MURRAY ISLAND*
THE nineteenth annual meeting of
the New York State Chess Asso-
ciation was held at the Murray
Hill Hotel, Thousand Islands,
during the week of August 2 to August
7. In every respect it was a success,
the attendance being larger than the
average, the tournaments well contested,
and the general good feeling which pre-
vailed lent additional pleasure to one of the
best meetings ever convened in this State.
The year 1897 ^11 De known as a silver
year in the history of the association, two
cups having been presented as prizes for
the class tournaments. Mrs. George C.
Farnsworth, of Buffalo, as a memento of
her husband, presented a trophy in the
form oi a goblet of silver, inscribed
"Farnsworth Cup. Presented to the
New York State Chess Association in
memory of George C. Farnsworth, by his
wife." A silver trophy inscribed " Prize
cup. For the winner of the second prize
in the third class " was presented by H. D.
Wright, Gloversville.
At the business meeting of the associa-
tion votes of thanks were passed for Mrs.
Farnsworth and Mr. Wright for their gifts.
The new American chess code came up for
discussion on a motion being made to adopt
it as the code of the association. It was
referred to a committee for consideration,
the president to appoint the committee at
his convenience. Resolutions were passed
expressing sorrow at the loss of Mr. George
C. Farnsworth, of Buffalo, vice-president
oi the association, who died shortly after
the meeting of 1896. Resolutions were
also passed thanking the American Chess
Magazine for its good work in the inter-
est of the association.
THE INTER-STATE MATCH.
The principal event was the inter-state
match between teams representing the
Chess Associations of New York and
Pennsylvania. The idea of holding this
contest was originated by W. P. Shipley,
the well-known amateur of Philadelphia,
who suggested it to the Board of Mana-
gers last spring. Each association sub-
scribed $50 towards the prize fund. There
were seven players on each team, every
player contesting one game with each of
the opposing team, the players making the
best scores, without regard to teams, to re-
ceive the prizes, the team scores to be
merely a matter of record. The New
York players were Harry N. Pillsbury, A.
B. Hodges, W. M. De Visser, Eugene Del-
mar, Major J. M. Hanham, H. H. Schief-
felin and S. G. Ruth. On the Pennsyl-
vania team were Emil Kemeny, W. P.
Shipley, S. W. Bampton, C. J. Newman,
J. W. Young, John L. McCutcheon and
D. Stuart.
The honors of the first day rested with
the New York team. The game which
aroused most interest was that between
Shipley and Pillsbury, a Scotch gambit
defended by 4. . . Kt — KB 3. After a rather
uneventful course the subjoined position
was arrived at :
146
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Position after black's 30th move, B— B 3.
Black— H. N. Pillsbury.
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The game proceeded : 31 QxQ, PxQ ;
32 Kt — B 2, BxP ; 33 Kt — R 3, recover-
ing the Pawn. A draw was agreed upon
on the 46th move.
A precipitated attack in a Ruy Lopez by
McCutcheon enabled Hodges to win in
trenchant style after but 16 moves. This
was the position after black's 12th move :
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16 b— Q 3 16 R— K 8
Resigns
The other games resulted as follows :
Kemeny drew with De Visser, Delmar
beat Young, Stuart beat Ruth and Schief-
felin beat Newman. This made the score
New York 4J4, Pennsylvania 2j4.
Although the New York players had the
move in the second round, they could do
no better than break even. The winners
were Hodges, who beat Kemeny, and Pills-
bury, who beat Young, both in a Queen's
gambit declined ; SchiefTelin drew a
Petroff with Shipley, Hanham a French
defence with McCutcheon, and De Visser
a King's Bishop's opening with Newman.
Ruth lost to Bampton in a Ruy Lopez
and Delmar suffered defeat at the hands of
Stuart after a most exciting contest. Del-
mar had obtained a propitious attack, and
on his 32d move offered the sacriBceofa
Knight and of a Rook :
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White — Mr. Eugene Delmar.
Had his adversary captured either of
them, Delmar, in all probability, would
have scored a brilliant victory. D. Stuart,
however, made the proper reply, R — KR
sq, which completely neutralized the at-
tack, and forced Delmar on the defensive.
Soon an exchange of Queens and minor
pieces took place, and Delmar had to give
up a Bishop in order to stop an advanced
Pawn. The position then was very much
against him, but he defended skillfully,
and succeeded in regaining the piece,
which left him with a Rook against a
Rook and Pawn. It was expected that he
would draw, but an error on the 69th
move cost him the game. Score after the
second round : New York, 8 ; Pennsyl-
vania, 6.
The third round resulted in a sweeping
victory for the Quakers, who won six
games. Pillsbury, by beating Stuart,
saved his team from being whitewashed.
Kemeny achieved a speedy victory over
Hanham, the latter having adopted his
own variation of Philidor's defence. The
following was the position after black's
20th move, Q — Kt 6.
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The game proceeded :
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26 Kt— B 7 ch 26 K— Kt
27 QxB Resigns.
Shipley beat DeVisser in a Ruy Lopez ;
Newman beat Hodges in a king's gambit
declined ; McCutcheon beat Ruth in a
Ruy Lopez ; Bampton beat Delmar in a
Ruy Lopez ; Pillsbury won from Stuart in
a Ruy Lopez ; Young beat Scheiffelin in
a Ruy Lopez. Score : Pennsylvania, 12 ;
New York, 9.
The New Yorkers, however, made a great
rally in the two next rounds. In the
fourth round Hodges beat Shipley in a
Queen's gambit declined, Hanham beat
Newman in a Giuoco piano, Kemeny beat
Ruth in a Queen's Pawn opening,
McCutcheon beat Delmar in a French de-
fence, Bampton lost to Pillsbury in a center
counter gambit, Stuart lost to Schieffelin in
a center counter gambit, and Young drew
with DeVisser in a French defence, New
York men having the move. In the fifth
round Shiplev lost to Hanham in a Phili-
dor defence, Newman beat Ruth in a Ruy
Lopez, Kemeny beat Delmar in an irregu-
lar opening, McCutcheon lost to Pillsbury
in a Ruy Lopez, Bampton beat Schieffelin
in a Petroff defence, Stuart lost to DeVisser
in a Ruy Lopez, and Young lost to
Hodges in an Evans gambit, the Pennsyl-
vania players having the move. The
home team thus had regained the lead, the
score being New York, 18 ; Pennsylvania,
17.
The event of the sixth round was
the encounter between Pillsbury and Kem-
eny. The game is printed in full elsewhere.
De Visser defeated Bampton in a brilliant
skirmish, the position after black's 14th
move, P — Q 4, being as follows :
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Continued —
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And white mates in two
moves.
Ruth lost to Shipley in a Queen's gam-
bit declined ; Delmar beat Newman in a
Giuoco piano ; McCutcheon beat Schieffelin
in a French defence ; Hodges beat Stuart
in a Sicilian defence, and Hanham drew
with Young in a French defence, the New
York men having the move. Score : New
York, 22}4 ; Pennsylvania, 19^.
The Keystone players won 4 games
to their opponents' 3 in the final round,
narrowing down the gap to two points.
Shipley defeated Delmar in a French de-
fence ; Kemeny defeated Schieffelin in a
Petroff defence ; Hodges beat Bampton
with a Ruy Lopez opening ; Young beat
Ruth in a Queen's gambit declined.
Newman, in his wonted dare-devil style,
sacrificed two pieces against Pillsbury. The
champion for a couple of moves wore an
anxious look, which, however, soon gave
way to a smile when he saw that he could
land his advantage into safe port. De
Visser vanquished McCutcheon in a Sicilian
defence. Hanham played a Giuoco piano
against Stuart ; eventually an interesting
scramble ensued, Mr. Stuart preparing
...P — KB 4, while the Major tried to pre-
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White, to this end had played his Kt to
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— QB 3, QxKt. Mr. Stuart won in 34
moves.
The New York team thus won by a score
of 25>£ to 23^. In the individual scores
Pillsbury won first prize, Hodges second,
De Visser and Kemeny divided third and Newman
fourth, Shipley and Hanham dividing the
fifth. A full record is appended :
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The Cup Tournament.
The seventh annual tournament for the
New Vorker Staats Zeitung Chess Cup
had three entries : Manhattan Chess Club,
of New York ; Staten Island Chess Club,
and Brooklyn Chess Club, the smallest
tournament for the cup ever played. Will-
iam Steinitz represented Staten Island ; S.
Lipschutz, Manhattan ; and William Ewart
Napier, Brooklyn.
The contest resulted for the first time in
its history in a drawn contest. One game
was ordered played to decide the tie
between Steinitz and Lip-chutz, and this
also resulted in a draw. The board ot
managers then decided that a match of
three games should be played to decide
the abiding place of the cup. The first,
August ii, at the Staten island Chess
Club ; the second, August 18, at the
Manhattan Chess Club ; and the third,
August 25, at the Staten Island Chess
Club. In case these games did not decide
the contest, the cup to remain in the hands
of the association for the year. Through
an unfortunate misunderstanding, however,
the play -off had to be postponed, the Man-
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hattan Club claiming that it had received
official notice from the secretary of the
association to the effect that the first game
shall decide the contest, providing, of
course, either player shall win one. In case
of a draw, the three games scheduled would
have to be played.
Mr. Steinitz, as well as the Staten Island
Chess Club, does not coincide with this
interpretation, but claims that the best two
out of three games must decide the contest.
The matter was referred back to President
Rogers for final decision.
The first passage at arms was between
Steinitz and Napier. The latter had a
good position, but later on the superior
generalship of the past-master began to
tell. The full run of this game will be
found elsewhere. Steinitz next met Lip-
schutz. The game, a Ruy Lopez, de-
fended by Steinitz with 3...P— KKt 3,
took several sittings, and resulted finally
in a draw, after 58 moves. The third
round was between Napier and Lipschutz,
the latter adopting a Sicilian defence.
After black's 24th move, P— Kt 5, the fol-
lowing position was arrived at :
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Resigns.
The next day brought the surprise ol
the contest, the defeat of Steinitz at the
hands of the youthful champion of the
Brooklyn Club. Mr. Steinitz, as in St.
Petersburg and Nuremberg, adopted
Reeves' defence, 3...B — QB 4, followed by
4...Q— B 3 to the Ruy Lopez.
Napier played with consummate skill,
and finally sacrificed a Rook and Bishop
to queen a Pawn, the position being as
follows :
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57 B— B 2 ck
58 R— B 6
59 P-R 5
60 K— B 3
61 B— K 4
62 K— B 2
Resigns.
The game which Steinitz won from Lip-
schutz is printed in full elsewhere. Lip-
schutz defeated Napier in a Ruy Lopez in
33 moves.
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one time it looked as if victory would perch
upon his banner, but he relaxed, and the
game was finally drawn after 67 moves.
The Class Tournaments.
In the general tournament there were
three classes, the players being : First
class — Howard J. Rogers, Albany; L. C.
Karpinski, Oswego ; J. D. Elwell, Brook-
lyn ; D. F. Searle, W. E. Scripture,
Rome.
Second Class — C. P. Weeks, Rochester;
F. A. Dixon, Oswego; D. W. Waller,
Seneca Falls ; A. W. Orvia, Governeur ;
A. McMartin, Johnstown ; F. A. Watson,
C. Watson, Clinton ; H. Boebm, Buffalo;
A. M. Wright, Waterville ; C. A. Tanner,
Oswego.
Third Class— H. D. Wright, Glovers-
ville ; A. Pieczonka, New York ; J. A.
Wood, New York ; J. W. Baker, Gover-
neur ; W. Borsodi, New York ; A. Barber,
Buffalo ; E. S. Sackett, Seneca Falls.
In the first class Howard J. Rogers,
president of the association, won first
prize, the " Farnsworth Cup;" L, C. Kar-
pinski, second prize, $10.
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In the second class C. P. Weeks won
first, $10 ; F. A. Dixon and D. W.
Waller divided second, $5. The score :
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took first prize, $io, Mr. Pieczonka re-
ceiving the "Wright Cup.' ' The score:
A problem-solving tournament for a
chess pin offered by Emil Hoffman, of
New York, was won by Harry N. Pills-
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CHAT FROM MURRAY ISLE
By the Junior Professor.
AS THE THERMOMETER GOES.
WHEN we rattled away from the me-
tropolis, the atmosphere was warm
and sultry, a haze half screened the
Hudson from view, but inside the
cars one was soon chilled by the icy
demeanor of those who were strangers to each
other.
is a modern version of a well-worn aphorism.)
The first of our designated associates was Mr.
Kemeiiy. Now, that name in English means
"hard." It troubled me. My card did not as-
cend to the gentleman's room. Thesecond on
the list was Mr. Steinitz, and the translation of
Mscognomenis "stony." More trouble Hard
and stony were the two words glaring at
me from the white-sheeted ledger.
Later, I found there is not much in a
name after all, as Shakespeare once de-
dared, and though neither of them is
"soft," they are both kindness personi-
fied. The third name was my own, and —
never try lo collect anything from myself.
Every individual had his own enveloping
thoughts, a sort of aggressive mental frost ; but
from time to time, as acquaintances uundled
into the train, warmth of spirit came to us, and
our hearts and souls were rejuvenated by the
burning light of friendship.
ARTISTS AS F
U
When we left New
York, Mr. De Visser
was disappointed be-
cause theCHESsMAG-
azinb went without
photographer, press,
paint-tubes and other
publishing parapher-
nalia. Upon our ar-
rival at Clayton, as he
noticed us taking
charge of four large
units,
his fac
brightened,
danced in his eyes and
he exclaimed joyous-
"Ah ! there you
have the artistic tools and
all right. Perhaps you have an artist or two in
there, also. But how do they breathe ?"
Our reply was not soothing. " No, they con-
tain copies of the magazine and subscription
receipts. The latter well filled will make the
artists breathe freer." But the gloom remained
on his countenance and even the next day could
hardly be dispelled — when we sat in group— by
the photographer's traditional exhortation :
"Now, please look pleasant."
Upon my arrival at the hotel, my first effort
was to ascertain who of our special set had al-
ready registered. I wanted to be in the field as
a collector of curiosities and subscriptions.
"The early Bishop captures a Knight." (This
Inside inform at ion— as they say in Wall
Street (and the phrase is not unknown on
the race-track— had been given that theplayers in
the third class were the most liberal, and it is
self-evident why we entered this grade. After
an inspection of the names, we discovered that
two were already subscribers. It was not neces-
sary to use discretion and we checkmated them
without a tremor of remorse. But we lost the
games to all the others and thereby gained
their subscriptions.
CHESS, LATIN AND SOUP.
Mr. Steinitz did not
wish to continue his
game, which was ad-
lourned at i P. M., as he
thought most of the re-
mainder of the day
would be consumed in
waiting for the slow-
stepping dinner attend- .
ants. In order to oblige '
Mr. Lipschutz. we ar-
ranged with the dining-
room manager that the
most expert and liveli-
est waiter should be
delegated to Mr. -tl'
itz's table. He, like his
mates, was a Latin
scholar and, as he bowed to the great player,
said oracularly: " Res est sacra miser."
The giant of chess responded by sayine that
he preferred prompt service to classical prov-
erbs. But Mr Steinitz has axioms of his own,
and his favorite one, 'Vfa/(does "fiat" mean
fight? — Compositor) juiSHa,'' was demon-
strated in evidence for he finished playing the
game the same afternoon.
A NATURAL ft
A Pittsburgh lady, who happened to be a
guest at the hotel, expressed her great astonish-
ment at the apparent fact of chess players being
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
so religiously inclined. Every chance r _
she declared, they could be seen with their
faces buried between the covers of a pocket-
Bible. The explanation was made to her of the
necessity of frequent consultations of Catlin's
Pocket Chess-Book. And, truly, it is a vade
mecum it not a Bible.
Mr. Shipley, the captain of the Pennsylvania
team, had complete confidence in his boys and
passed most of his time in catching " fleeting
glimpses " with the camera. Mr. De Visser,
the New York commander, with the same feel-
ing of security, spent hours rowing and fishing.
Yet, boih these gentlemen made fine scores.
*
TAKEN ON THE FLY.
Mrs. Orvis
paid so much
veteran Stein -
her spouse to
the apparent in-
fatuation.
Prompt as he
was — almost the
first— with the
mailing of his
cheque in sub-
script ion to the
American
Chess Magazine, he was now even more alert
to save his Queen. But Mrs. Orvis only wanted
to get a "snap-shot;" and in exchange for
her general courtesy, the old follower ofCaissa,
who is proverbial for his unruffled calm, was
absolutely statuesque, like a Pawn, for the
needed second. The situation needed no ex-
planation to Mr. Orvis.
*
WEEPING IN THE DARK.
When the dynamo of the electric-light plant
failed to do its duty — which occurred not oltener
than once in every ten minutes— the chess play-
ers were not disgruntled. Mrs. Rogers sang in
beautiful voice the pathetic " Serenade " from
Schubert. That the "light hall failed" was
opportune, for the stronger sex could then shed
tears without danger of being accused of femi-
nine or sentimental weakness.
THIS IS NOT FOXY.
A piece of oil-cloth, kaisomined intoa chess-
board, that was left (purposely, perhaps) be-
hind at the hotel was presented to us as a
trophy. Il is evidently the kind that belongs to
a true lover of Caissa. It is not necessary that
he should subscribe for the magazine. He can
claim to be a member of the club that "pro-
poses to pay when the year is over," and we
shall not dispute it Upon receipt of his address
(full name not essential and general delivery is
sufficient), with two-cent stamp, we will return
the kitchen-board chess square.
MORE FORGETFULNESS.
Some one failed to remember to take home
a line set of chessmen. Not being particularly
friendly with hotel-keepers who charge us and
other innocent newspaper men, (3 per diem, we
did not forget, and the set is now in our office.
But our conscience wabbles, and this is, conse-
quently, a personal "ad," soliciting the name
of the owner. We are confident Tie will not
send his subscription, because we are assured
from the perfection of the chessmen that they
belong to a member of our fraternity who was
probably one of the first to subscribe. Bui we
shall not protest if, in gratefulness for saving his
property, he puts down I3 for some lonesome
fellow who " cannot afford to subscribe, just
FASCINATING MEN.
The postmistress of Murray Isle, a young and
charming widow, expressed great admiration
lor the personnel and courtly demeanor of the
chess players. She made application to us for
appointment as superintendent of the males (at
least, so we understood it), in our office, at the
expiration of her summer term of official posi-
tion. Shall we be able to refuse !
Prof. Pieczonka, the r
noted musician, was /
grieved to think that
Mr. Stein its insisted
upon his walking on
the top of his toes and
speaking in the depths
of his lowest voice.
He didn't like the gen-
eral music nor the Rip
Van Winkle motion of
the waiters. He ob-
jected to removing his
pipe when he sat before
he pleased to know
lhat only half of the
people present spoke German. He was vexed
to think he had '' tied " in the five games with
Mr Wright, and was wroth when he lost the
championship of the third class. Yet he slill
remained good-natured and, at the farewell, as-
sured us it was " ausgezcithnet," and shouted
"Call me back again!" when we broke
*
IT'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW.
When our champion offered a motion not to
adopt the suggested code, because it has not
been recognized in England, we felt a thrill of
delight ; for if he succeeds in making us recog-
nize only the form as used in the mother-coun-
try, there will be many more subscribers upon
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
'lists, as every Englishman interested in the
loves" subscribes to his own home expo-
it of the game and all loyal Americans will
ow the example.
JUST AN ITEM.
Mr. McMartin becomes the legatee of the late
Johnson Chess Club. He kindly assumed the
responsibility for our bill. As usual, we allow a
discount for prompt payments, but this claim is
FISH.
A rumor spread
(and no secret) that
THARS A
would contain an
illustration of one
of the chess play-
s (ooioc
ooo), sitting
baby chair and
weeping from mor-
tification. His bet-
ter half was very
angry at the inten-
tion, but cheered up when the writer helped
her look for a four-leaf clover. The clean
scorer was more successful in the piscatorial
art, catching a fish of ten pounds weight.
His consort did not accept with delight
the proposition made that, as it could not
be taken to Brooklyn, one might be purchased
in the home market, on Seventh Avenue, as a
sample. A coolness that is perfectly delightful
in August weather will probably continue until
the next meeting of the ■-'■ -
Mr. Baker, who is engaged in all kinds of in-
surance— fire, life and accident — will furnish a
novelty. He will insure every subscriber of this
magazine that he will receive the full year's
issue. To some extent the scheme is life insur-
ance, as it assures you of the continued exist-
ence of the periodical. His rates are very low,
although, in this instance, not only the young
but the old are assured of longevity. Because
of his acquaintance with the successful founda-
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkham, of New Britain,
Conn., were so interested in the picturesque
description of the forthcoming event, in our
last issue, that they made application to be
entertained at Murray Isle Hotel Although
not members of either of the State associa-
tions present, they won the hearts of both the
Empires and the Keystones It is probable
that, at the next reunion, Connecticut chess
players will be largely in evidence.
GREED AND GRUMBLING.
Mr. D.Stuart Rob-
inson believes firmly
that the hotel man-
ager unnecessarily
persuaded the entire
company to eat "just
the farewell break-
fast—for his own '
financial benefit, '
careless of their sub-
sequent annoy- nee
and discomfort
When they knew
that this little spirit
of greed had caused
them to lose con-
nection on the rail,
it required all the
persuasive author-
ity of the captain to prevent Mr Robinson
from returning and demonstrating his superior-
ity as a pugilist. We had a tedious wait at
Clayton for several hours, but the ladies, Mmes,
Hodges and Rogers, beguiled us with anec-
dote and repartee when a dozen chess boards
were not in active use.
PERHAPS.
They went and left me alone for a few more
days among the Thousand Isles, sole represen-
tative. But what happened then will never be
told.
I hardly had returned to my
tanttmm when I was summoned
to the telephone. The gentle-
man on the other end had just
seen his ships weigh anchor, so
he had some spare time, part of
which he used in kindly inquir-
ing about the "picnic" I had in
Murray Isle. I wanted to reply
that I had picked up a few
crumbs from the chess-board
myself, but was not sure
whether he would grasp my
idea. Now, I am an inventor,
and my latest device, which
enables any one to transmit a
drawing by telephone, simply
puts Edison to shame, I pressed
the button and soon afterwards
the appended sketch was lying
on the desk of my friend, who
admitted that I outyellow even
the new journalism.
156
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
i P-K4
2Kt-QB3
3 Kt-B 3
4KtxP
5B-K2
-T" A Proposed Defence to the Ruy Lopez*
I perused with great interest the article
on the Ruy Lopez in No. 1 , p. 55, of the
American Chess Magazine, and found
it quite accurate, and the decisions, with
the exception of that in the last paragraph,
in my opinion correct.
After the moves
1 P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3B— Kt 5
4 Castles
5P-Q4
6 Q-K 2
6. . . . P — B 4 is suggested as a simple pro-
tection for the Knight, and the game
Lasker-Walbrodt, which follows, is given
as the only instance within the recollection
of the writer of that move's having been
played. In order that the student may not
be led astray by that game and the plausi-
ble intimation with which it is introduced,
permit me to point out a few other exam-
ples where the P — KB 4 defence has been
employed — and condemned.
In a game Marco-Meitner, played in the
master tournament of the Vienna Chess
Association, 1895, the latter used the de-
fence 6... P — B 4, and the late master, W.
H. K. Pollock, expressed the opinion, in a
note to the game, that "the KBP should
be reserved for ' breaking up ' the adverse
KP by P— B 3 at the right moment."
The game was continued
6 ... 6 P— B 4
7 PxP 7 Castles
8 QKt— Q 2 8 Kt— B 4
9 R — K sq 9 K — R sq
10 Kt-Kt 3 10 Kt— K 3
11B-Q2 11Q— Ksq
12 QR-Q sq 12 Q--R 4
presenting a somewhat similar aspect to the
Lasker-Walbrodt game, and was finally
won by white.
Zukertort also tried the move in a little
game with Knorre, and quickly came to
grief by means of
7 BxKt 7 KtPxB
8 KtxP 8 Castles
9 Q--B 4 ch 9 P-Q 4
ioQxBP
And white won in short order.
With the addition of 3... P— QR 3 and
4 B — R 4 we find another example of the
same defence in a game Taubenhaus-Guns-
berg, played in the Sixth American Chess
Congress, 1889, and Mr. Steinitz, in his
notes, says " the innovation cannot be rec-
ommended.M In this game, after 8 PxP,
Castles ; 9 B — Kt 3 ch, K — R sq, white
made the inferior move 10 B — Q 5, 10
which black replied by the still worse 10...
Kt — Kt 5, giving up a Pawn, and finally
lost. Instead of white's 10th, Mr. Stein-
itz advocated, as giving a powerful attack :
10 Kt— B 3, and if 10... KtxKt ; ji PxKt,
P — Q 3; 12 R — Q sq, etc. Or if 10...
Kt-B 4; n R— Q sq, P-Q 3 ; 12 B-
KB 4, etc. In this last variation it would
seem as though black could better matters
a little by 11... KtxB ; 12 RPxKt, Q— K
sq, followed by P — QKt 4, and later B—
Kt2.
Finally, the same defence, and the earliest
example in my collection, is found in the
following pretty game, which is old enough
to be new to most players of this genera-
tion :
Played at Berlin, March 30, 1877. From
Westminster Papers, notes by W. N. Potter.
Minckwitz.
1 P-K4
2 N— KB 3
3B-N5
4B--R4
5 O-O
6 P-Q 4
7 Q-K 2
8 PxP
9N-B3
10 Q— B 4 ch
n QxN
12 B— N3
13 P-QR 3
14 B— KB 4
15 QR-Q
I6B-Q5
17 B— R2
18 P— K 6
19 N-K 5 (d)
20 Q—KN 3 (e)
21 N — B 7 ch
22 PxR
23 KR-K (0
24RXB
25 BxQP
26BxN
27 Q-B 7
28 P— R 3
29RXB
Winawer.
1 P— K 4
2N--QB3
3P-QR3
4N-B3
5NxP
6 B— K 2 (a)
7P-B4(b)
8 O—O
9NxN
10 K— R
11 P— ON 4
12 P— QR4
13 R— R 3
14 N— N
15 P-R 5 (c)
16 P— B 3
17 P— B 4
18 P-Q 3
19 B— b 3
20 P— B 5
21 RxN
22B-K2
23 B-Q 2
24QxR
25QXP
26 R— KN 3
27 R-K 3
28 R— K 2
Resigns
{a) P — QN 4 would seem to be black's best,
" until the times do alter "
(b) Which ought to prove a source of weak-
ness, though he has evidently nothing better.
(c) All which is carefully watched by the
Nemesis of unsound play, with a view to his
having, subsequently, a retributive innings.
{d) The position invites, and white skilfully
accepts. Black has indeed a fearsome game.
(e) N — N 6 ch would be showy, but not par-
ticularly profitable.
( /) The end which has been peeping from
behind the curtain, now comes upon the stage.
J. W. D.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
157
Chess in Chicago*
BY LEANDER TURNCY.
It must be confessed that there is not as
much chess interest in Chicago as in most
great cities ; but there is more both oi ability
and interest than is generally recognized by
our neighbors outside. One reason more is
not known of our chess players and their
doings by the chess brotherhood at large is to
be found in the hostile or indifferent attitude of
the press of the city to Caissan affairs. More-
over, we are a busy people, and do not find as
much time for chess as some of our older and
wealthier neighbors.
The Chicago Chess and Checker Club has
about one hundred members, of whom the
majority are devotees of chess. The rooms,
at 76-78 Monroe Street, are open all the time,
and any time of day (or night, until late) a
visitor can find a game, and a player strong
enough to make him remember his visit. The
club, of which Prof. A. Henshel is president,
and F. F. Wilcox secretary, has a good num-
ber of strong players. Mr. Louis Uedemann,
the champion of the city, is probably quite as
strong as any other amateur player in the West,
if not in the Union. A quadrangular champion-
ship tournament, held about two years ago,
resulted as follows : L. Uedemann won 5, lost 1 ;
S. P.Johnston, 4, 2 ; C. W. Phillips, 2, 4 ; D. T.
Phillips, 1, 5. Each player contested two
games with each opponent. There has been
some talk of a match between Messrs. Uede-
mann and Johnston, and both gentlemen would
enter such a battle with confidence. Six im-
portant tournament games have been played
by them, all told, with a score of three each.
Some years since, when Mr. Johnston was
coming to the front as a player, he contested a
match with Mr. Uedemann, accepting the P
and move. This match Johnston won, 5 to 3.
Mr. Johnston is a young man, and has hardly
demonstrated his chess capabilities as yet. He
is original, brilliant, tenacious and resourceful,
and would be a dangerous opponent for any-
body. There are several other members of the
club who rank very close to these in strength :
D. T. Phillips, who gives odds with great suc-
cess, being full of wiles and stratagems ; Carl
Medinus, one of the youngest as well as one of
the strongest of the club's members; O. M.
Blanchard, who will accept P and move from
some of the others, but who always wins at
that odds — at least when we see him play ; C.
M. Sauison, who plays like lightning, and like
lightning strikes at the unexpected place ;
Harry F. Lee, thoughtful, strong in the end
game and a clever masker of batteries ; and
Max Sonnenschein, the theorist of the club,
who knows more "book" than any of the
others, and who plays well There are others
who should be mentioned, did space permit.
As for players who do not frequent the club,
there are several strong ones. Perhaps the
best of these is C. W. Phillips, the celebrated
correspondence player, who is also champion
for ' 97^98 of the Illinois State Chess Asso-
ciation. His business engagements keep him
from the club, and he is much out of practice
across the board ; but when in form is of nearly
master strength. He is a most pleasant gentle-
man to meet, and it is a treat to play with him,
on the rare occasions when there is oppor-
tunity. He is a strong competitor for the
Chicago primacy. Besides his fine abilities as
a player, he is a solver of great skill. Mr.
Chas. A. Nourse is a composer and solver of
problems and a correspondence player. James
Morgan is a man of great wealth, who used to
be one of the strongest, as he was by long
odds the most deliberate, of Chicago chess-
ists ; but he has abandoned the practice of the
game entirely. Edw. T. Runge, the president
of the Pillsbury Association, Edw. J. Napier,
the corresponding secretary of the same, and
G. A. L'hommede play almost exclusively by
correspondence. Mr. L'hommede is a well-
known expert at the correspondence game ;
and Mr. Napier is a glutton for work, having
had as high as thirty games going at once. It
is noteworthy, too, that Mr. Napier wins a
large majority oi his games. Mr. Runge is a
strong, careful, studious player by correspond-
ence, a man of fine executive ability, and an
energetic promoter of the game in every way.
There are a number of small chess circles
which meet of evenings in various parts of the
city and suburbs. There are probably thou-
sands of players in Chicago ; but most of them
are too busy to belong to a chess club, or to
play very much.
An Ancient Chess-King*
BY JEAN INGELOW.
Haply some rajah first in ages gone
Amid his languid ladies fingered thee.
While a black nightingale, sunswart as he,
Sang his one wife love's passionate orison.
Haply thou may have pleased old Prester John
Among his pastures when full royally
He sat in tent— grave shepherds at his knee-
While lamps of balsam winked and glimmered
on.
What dost thou here? Thy masters are all dead ;
My heart is full of ruth and yearning pain
At si^ht of thee. O King, thou hast a crown
Outlasting others, and tells of greatness fled
Thro' cloud-hung nights of unabated rain,
And murmurs of the dark majestic frown.
No. 2 of The Force, of Circumstances, by W.
L. B. , is before us. The cover is of the same
immaculate whiteness as No 1, but the motto
has been changed. It now reads "A man de-
prived of occupation is not an anarchist."
" The American Tower of Babel " is dealt with
in the present issue. Like its predecessor it is
excellent and interesting reading, and the mys-
terious numbers which pervade the pamphlet
will arouse the curiosity of the peruser. The
price is 5 cents. Address P. O. Box 773, Brook-
lyn, New York.
158
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Influence of Luck in Chess Tournaments*
The subjoined interesting remarks, made by
Dr. Tarrasch on the influence of luck on the
scores in chess tourneys are translated from the
last chapter of his " Nuremberg Chess Congress
Book."
44 Luck is a factor to be considered in chess
tournaments, and I have made it a practice for
a long time past to examine numerically every
important tourney, in reference to the influence
exercised by luck on its final result By luck
in this matter is meant simply the saving of a
lost position. For if my game has drifted into
a lost position, the best play on my part cannot
avail ; so long as my opponent plays the correct
moves, I must ultimately resign. Therefore a
lucky chance must occur before I can avoid the
loss of the game. The reverse case of losing a
game which I ought to have won is not a case
of bad luck, but of bad play."
The influence of the lactor of luck in the
Nuremberg Tourney is shown by the following
table :
Players
who
Had Luck.
Lasker..
Maroczy ...
Pillsbury...
Tarrasch ...
Janowski...
Steinitz
In Their Games Against
Schlechter.
Schiflers ...
Tchigorin
Albin, Schallop, Schiflfers,
Sho waiter, Tchigorin. ..
Blackbume, Teichmann .
Albin, Charousek, Janow-
ski Tarrasch
Porges, Sho waiter
Lasker, Schlechter, Teich-
mann
Schlechter, Teichmann,
Walbrodt
Charousek, Porges
Marco, Steinitz, Tchi-
gorin
o»
O
5
2
4
2
5 u
03 a
5
i
3
i
3
2
3
o
2i
I
I*
O
This table also explains the surprising want
of success on the part of Tchigorin, who is
surely one of the strongest and most ingenious
of players. He was the only one who had no
luck ! If he had received but a few favors ol
fortune he might have obtained one of the
chief prizes. On him alone, however, Fortune
did not smile, probably because she thought
that Tchigorin required no assistance from
her.
A Reply to the Correspondent of the
Worcester Spy*
To the correspondent of the Worcester
Spy who seems desirous of learning some-
thing in regard to the whereabouts of the
young man named Wilson, I am able to
give definite information, being personally
acquainted with the Major (for, as he sur-
mises, the young man did go through the
late war). Major Wilson has been a resi-
dent of Philadelphia for a number of years,
and is ranked as one of the strongest
players of the Franklin Chess Club, show-
ing that the love of the game has clung to
him through all the years passed. Through
being engaged in business, having one ol
the largest circulating libraries in the
Eastern States, he is not engaged actively
in chess play, but is always a requisite in
all important team matches in which the
club participates. The correspondent is
not amiss when he speaks of detail, for the
Major is one of the best of chess analysts,
and is looked up to in that light by our
leading players. Should he desire to reach
him, a communication through the Frank-
lin Chess Club would answer.
E. S. Maguire.
[This letter was written before the tragic end
of Mr. Wilson had occurred. See obituary.]
How to Organize a Chess Club.
The best methods of forming a
chess club, and of placing it on a firm
basis after it has been formed, are
subjects of importance to many chess
players to-day, both in the cities and
in country towns. The club move-
ment has become so pleasant, and so
influential a factor in current chess
life, that few players feel they can
longer afford to remain outside its
pale.
It does not signify how few in
number are the originators of a club :
if they start in with determination,
and work with a will, they are sure
to succeed
How to go about organizing a club
is, however, a very puzzling question,
as indicated by a number of letters
which we have received from chess
players seeking information on that
point. The American Chess Mag-
azine invites contributions on that
subject, and we offer a prize of ten
dollars ($io.oo) for the best article.
love, doyou remember
wen* 4n>wri s° sadly wise .
niingsmthe biealfDecember,
wen* 4n>wri s° sadly wise
._. _»eiiin4slnthe bleak ifecembt .
Curtiin'd warm from the snowy weather,
When^you and I played chess t»<fetheV.
Checkmated by"each others eyes?
Ah, still I se"eyour itft white "hand
Hovering warm o'er Queen and Knight.
wBrave Pawns in valiant battli stand;
The double Castles «uard the win4a;
The Bishop, bent on^dittant things.
Moves, sidling, through the Sight. °
Our Jin<ers touch; our -glances meet,
And Jalfer; falls_your <©lden hair
A<ainst trty cheek; your bosom sw«t
Is heaving. Down the field. your^Queen
Rides slow her soldiery alt between,
And checks*yrne unaware.
Ah me! the little battle's done,
Disperst is all its chivalry;
Ful many a, move, since then, have
'Mid Liy55 perplexing chequers
And marjy a came with Tt
we
ade,
"ortune pljyjdr
What ^ii it we have won?
"This, this at least— ij this alone—
That never, never,- nevermore,
As'in those old still nights oj yore
(Ere we wereSpwn'Ja Sadie
C&n you and1! shut out ttfe skies, ,
Shut out the world, and wintry weather /
And eyes cxehan<»n< warnWi with eyes
Play chess, as theft we play'd t^rthmy
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Chess Data*
The following interesting questions and
answers are copied, by permission, from
that rare and successful reference work,
Quizzism ; and Its Key, by Albert P.
Southwick :
When was the game of chess invented ?
This game was invented, according to some
authorities, by Palamedes, 680 B. C, but
Oriental scholars say it is an Indian invention,
and was played by the Hindoos, five thousand
years ago.
What is the familiar story of Sysla and a
king?
It is the old story under different names, dis-
guises and conditions, which simply represents
a good problem in geometrical progression, of
placing one grain ofwheat upon the first square
of the chess-board, and doubling the amount
upon the squares successively to the sixty-
fourth. Lucas de Burgo, who has solved this
question, makes the number to be 18,446,744,-
073,709 557,6i5.
What general lost his life by his devotion to
the game of chess ?
On the day preceding the night on which
General Washington had determined to cross
the Delaware (December 25, 1776) and attack
the British in Trenton, an Englishman in the
neighborhood despatched his son with a note to
General Rahl, to warn him of the approaching
danger. The General, being deeply absorbed
in a game of chess when the note was presented,
without withdrawing his attention from the
game, thoughtlessly put the note into his vest
pocket. After the battle next day, when the
Hessian commander, mortally wounded, was
brought into the house of Stacey Potts, the
note was found unread in his pocket.
The Match for the Championship of the
District of Columbia*
We quote the following from the Wash-
ington, D. C, Star:
The match for the chess championship of the
District of Columbia between Messrs. F. M.
Wright and F. B. Walker has come to a sudden
termination by the removal of Mr. Wright
during the past week to San Francisco. The
last game between them was played on July
29. The score at the close was : Wright, 5 ;
Walker, 4; drawn, 1. Mr. Wright, being un-
able to complete the match, lost it by default,
and with it the title of chess champion of the
District, for which the match was played. Mr.
Wright was of opinion that he could relinquish
the title to a third party. He thought that in
the match games against him Mr. E. P. Hanna
had shown more strength than had Mr. Walker,
and as Mr. Walker was behind him in the match,
that he could withdraw from the championship
in favor of Mr. Hanna. This his opponent
would not admit. Mr. Wright then said he
would leave the matter to the decision of Mr.
A. Braid, a disinterested party. Mr. Braid,
after learning the facts, gave it as his opinion
that Mr. Hanna was not a party to the trans-
action, and as Mr. Wright could not finish the
match, he would have to lose it by default
Thus, in an unsatisfactory manner, Mr.
Walker becomes chess champion of the Dis-
trict of Columbia. Whether or not he is the
strongest player in the District can only be
determined by playing matches with the other
players.
There are three persons who have expressed
a desire to play the winner of the Wright-
Walker match, viz.: P. O'Farrell, W. A.
Gwyer, Jr., and L. Tharp. Capt. O'Farrell
was the first one to put his challenge in writing.
Mr. E. P. Hanna will doubtless also want an
opportunity to contest for the title.
Chess-Playing Commuters.
[From the Brooklyn Times.]
The poker-playing commuter, the poultry
crank, the political knowall. and the commuter
who is eternally going through the cars disturb-
ing the men who are peacefully steeped in their
morning or evening papers while he pretends
to look for some particular person — or any per-
son— have all been mentioned before, but the
best natured, mind-my-own-business kind of
commuter is the chess* playing commuter. He
is the ideal. Ask the conductor or the brake-
man or the man who loves a peaceful life, which
is the typical good fellow, and he — and all of
them — will say, "Why the chess players, of
course." You know a little chess club will
Elan a series of games, which will keep them
usy for six months, during which time they
will be so absorbed by the intricacies of the
game that they will barely find time to bid each
other good morning, and have been known to
miss their meals while evolving some new and
beautiful problem from the multifarious possi-
bilities of that great brain-developing game.
The South Side trains contain many chess
players, and there are few better on all Long
Island.
A Brooklyn Times man got a few snap shots
of two of these chess players, whose pictures
will be readily identified by the thousands of
commuters to whom their faces have become as
familiar as the hands on the clock when they
are approaching 5 P. M.
One is an expert and as jolly and good-
natured as he is clever and well fed. The
other is young, but enthusiastic, and is a clever
player. The conductors with whom they ride
will bear out the general verdict that they are
the best behaved men on the train, and their
even temper and quiet, peaceful life has done
much to spread the love of chess among the
other commuters and to establish chess clubs
and arrange tournaments that make life pleas-
ant in summer and endurable on long winter
nights.
Long live the chess-playing commuter !
Narrawaj.
The above tournament, the result ol which
was given in our last issue, opened at Oriltia,
Ont, on Wednesday evening, June 30. All the
players who were expected by the managers,
except Davison, of Toronto, a former winner of
championship honors, were present and the
contest, after the players were called together
by the president of the Orillia Club, the Rev.
Geo. Grant, B A., and the rules governing the
tournament explained, was commenced imme-
diately with twenty-four entries, a much larger
number than at any former Canadian champion-
ship meeting. Following is a list of the con-
testants : D J. McKinnon, Grimsby ; J. W.
Beynon, Q. C, Brampton; A. Hay, Barrie;
T. R. Davies, Montreal; Wm. Boultbee, E.
Saunders, W. C. Eddis, Prof. Mavor, Chas.
Pnnchard, S. Goldstein, Toronto ; F. Jemmett
and W. P. McCarthy, Prescott ; Wm. Dafoe and
W. Flint Jones. Belleville ; W. H. Judd, Ham-
ilton; C. H. McGee, Brockville; 1. E. Narra-
way, Ottawa ; A. T. Stephenson, A. M. Snell-
S>ve, C. D. Corbould, C. E. Grant, H. M.
ristie, the Rev. Geo. Grant, B. A., and H.
fackson, Orillia
Two rounds were played daily, one in the
morning and one in the evening, and this
brought six rounds to an end on Saturday
morning, leaving ten in the finals as follows :
Narraway, Ottawa, 6 ; Saunders, Toronto, \% ;
Dafoe, of Belleville, Jackson, of Orillia. and
Jodd. ol Hamilton, 4 each ; Boultbee, Mavor
and Punchard, of Toronto, Corbould, of Oril-
lia. and McGee, of Brockville, 3 Jj each Messrs.
Dafoe and Judd unfortunately could not remain
lor the finals, but their scores were allowed to
stand The standing of the remaining twelve
players was as follows : Eddis and Goldstein,
of Toronto, Beynon, of Brampton, and McKin-
non, of Grimsby, 3 each ; Davies, of Montreal,
Hay, of Barrie, the Rev. Geo. Grant, Snell-
frove and Stephenson, ol Orillia, 3% each ; C.
Grant, of Orillia, Jemmett, of Prescott, and
Jones, of Belleville, a each; McCarthy, of Pres-
cott, 1, and Christie, of Orillia, %.
The contest was close and exciting in the
final round. Every game counted, every move
was watched, for if it should be a false one it
would imperil the position of the player in the
prize list. After winning six straight games in
the preliminary rounds, Mr. Narraway fell be-
fore Mr. Jackson in the seventh. But he won in
the eighth, after a hard fight, from Mr. Boult-
bee, thus making himself safe forthe champion-
ship. Mr. Saunders won both his games, se-
curing second place, while Mr. Jackson drew
with Mr. McGee in the eighth, getting third.
This left the prize winners as follows : 1st
(silver cup and gold medal with the champion-
ship of Canada), 1. E. Narraway, Ottawa, score
7 points; ad (gold medal), E. Saunders, To-
ronto, score 6# ; 3d (gold-headed cane), H.
Jackson; 4th (silver medal), C. H. McGee,
Brockville, score 5. For the fifth and sixth
prizes Prof. Mavor and Mr. Boultbee, of To-
ronto, were a tie, with \<4 points each. Prof.
Mavor took the set of chessmen and Mr. Boult-
bee the set of Freeborough's works. The
mittee also offered a silver cup as a consolation
prize for those competitors " knocked out " in
the preliminary rounds who remained over to
the close of the tournament. The entries were :
Goldstein, Davies, Eddis, McKinnon C. E.
Grant and Sn ell grove. Three rounds were
played. Goldstein and Davies won their first
two games and when they met in the third
round they drew. On playing off Goldstein
won with very little to spare and so carried off
the cup.
The following is a synopsis of the tourney :
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
First Round.
Second Round,
White.
Narraway
Jackson
McGee
Eddis
Punchard
Dafoe
Davies
Mavor
Beynon
Saunders
Hay
Judd
Black.
i vs. Corbould o
o vs. Boultbee i
i vs. Rev. Grant J
i vs. C. E Grant o
i vs. (ones o
i vs. McKinnon o
i vs. Jemmett o
i vs. Goldstein o
i vs. McCarthy o
i vs. Snellgrove J
o vs. Stephenson i
i vs. Christie o
White.
Saunders
Christie
Punchard
Goldstein
McCarthy
McKinnon
Rev. Grant
Narraway
Corbould
Black.
i vs. Beynon o
o vs. Jones i
i vs. Mavor J
o vs. Dafoe i
o vs. Jackson i
i vs. C. E. Grant o
i vs. Boultbee
i vs. Snellgrove
x vs. Judd
Stephenson o vs. McGee
Jemmett i vs. Hay
Eddis J vs. Davies
o
o
o
i
o
i
Third Round.
Black.
i vs. McGee o
o vs. Beynon i
i vs. Mavor o
i vs. McCarthy o
Rev. Grant o vs. McKinnon 1
Narraway i vs. Saunders o
i vs. Punchard o
i vs. C. E Grant o
i vs. Stephenson o
i vs. Eddis J
i vs. Snellgrove o
i vs. Jones \
White.
Jemmett
Christie
Jackson
|udd
Corbould
Boultbee
Goldstein
Dafoe
Hay
Davies
Foutth Round.
Fifth Round.
Sixth Round.
McCarthy i vs.
Snellgrove i vs.
McGee i vs.
Rev. Grant o vs
Narraway i vs.
Eddis i vs
Saunders i vs.
Dafoe £ vs.
Judd i vs.
Stephenson J vs
Jackson i vs.
Beynon J vs.
Punchard o
Jones o
Christie o
Mavor i
Goldstein o
Hay o
C. E. Grant o
Corbould i
Boultbee o
Davies J
Jemmett o
McKinnon J
Rev. Grant
Punchard
Eddis
Boultbee
C. E. Grant
McGee
Saunders
Judd
Davies
Christie
Stephenson
Corbould
o vs. Goldstein
i vs. Jemmett
o vs. Jackson
i vs. Dafoe
i vs. Jones
i vs. McCarthy
i vs. Mavor
i vs. Snellgrove
o vs. Narraway
J vs. Hay
| vs. McKinnon
i vs. Beynon
i Punchard i vs.
0 Eddis o vs.
1 Goldstein i vs.
o McCarthy o vs.
o Jemmett o vs.
o Jones i vs
o McKinnon o vs.
0 C. E. Grant i vs.
i Mavor i vs.
} Jackson o vs.
1 Hay i vs.
\ Boultbee J vs.
Christie o
Snellgrove i
Judd o
Kev. Grant i
Dafoe i
Stephenson \
Narraway i
McGee o
Davies o
Saunders i
Beynon o
Corbould \
White.
Mavor o
Jackson i
McGee r
Corbould o
Seventh Round. No. of
Black. Moves
vs. Boultbee i 27
vs. Narraway o 24
VS. Punchard o 34
vs. Saunders 1 65
White.
Narraway 1
Saunders 1
Mavor 1
Jackson \
Eighth Round. No. of
Black. Moves
vs. Boultbee o 46
vs. Punchard o 32
vs. Corbould o 24
vs. McGee \ 37
The prizes were presented on Monday even-
ing, in the dental parlors of Messrs. Kennedy
& Porter, the Rev. George Grant, B. A., presi-
dent of the Orillia Club, presiding. The
speeches at this gathering showed that the
tournament had been a complete success.
Everyone seemed satisfied, the opinion was
generally expressed that the prizes had gone to
just the right men, and all, whether prize win-
ners or not, will long pleasantly remember the
Dominion Chess Championship tournament of
1897.
The social side of the tournament was not
neglected, and was equally well arranged and
carried out. Most of the players were the
guests of private citizens. The committee
had besides provided recreation for the after-
noons. On Thursday they took the visitors to
the big lacrosse match ; on Friday for a drive
through the town and out to the Asylum ; and
on Saturday for a trip on the Longford on Lake
Couchiching, when the Mayor and Town Coun-
cil acted as hosts and provided refreshments.
The chess players expressed unbounded admi-
ration for both the town and the lake. They
were particularly pleased to escape from the
scorching heat on shore on Saturday, it being
delightfully cool on the Longford. On the trip
across the lake a meeting was held for the re-
organization of the Canadian Chess Associa-
tion. The Rev. Geo. Grant was voted to the
chair, and the following officers were unani-
mously elected : President, W. Boultbee, To-
ronto ; vice-presidents, the Rev. G. DesSoyres,
St. John ; R. Reid, Montreal ; C. P. Champion,
Quebec ; J. R. Walker, Montreal ; H. N. Kitt-
son, Hamilton ; Professor Mavor, Toronto ;
G. Patterson, Winnipeg ; J. E. Narraway, Ot
tawa ; F. Jemmett, Prescott ; the Rev. Geo.
Grant, Orillia; managing committee, Dr.
Harvie, Orillia ; A. Hay, Barrie ; Dr. Ken-
nedy, Orillia ; W. C. Eddis, Toronto ; D.
Thomson, Orillia ; W. H. Judd, Hamilton ; C.
E. Grant, Orillia ; T. R. Davies, Montreal ;
secretary-treasurer, A. M. Snellgrove, Orillia
The Question of fees and all similar matters
were left with the managing committee. It is
hoped that the revivifying of this association,
in conjunction with the championship tourna-
ment, will bring about a revival of chess in
Canada.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
163
Our Portrait Gallery*
J. R. Deen.
Mr. J. R. Deen, an ardent supporter of
Caissa, is a member of the Metropolitan Chess
Club of this city and of the Paterson, N. J. , Chess
Club. He was recently elected treasurer of the
former club and is the present champion of the
latter.
L. Sternberg.
Mr. L. Sternberg is probably the strongest
chess player in the State of New Jersey, now
that Mr. Edward Hymes has become a resident
of this city. Mr. Sternberg has held the cham-
pionship of his State and has proven himself a
player of considerable strength on other occa-
sions. With the proper amount of training Mr.
Sternberg, undoubtedly, would have become
foremost in the ranks of masters, but he wisely
devoted his energies to a more lucrative pur-
suit, contenting himself with being an amateur
and a generous supporter of chess. Mr. Stern-
berg began small, but now his department
store in Newark is one of the largest in the
State. He is one of the very few men who
combine great faculty for chess with a decided
talent for business.
H. F. Wolcott.
Mr. H. F. Wolcott is the president of the
Winooski Chess Club, Burlington, Vermont.
He won first prize in the championship tourna-
ment of the club in 1896 and in the one re-
cently concluded.
Charles H. McNair.
Mr. McNair is the honored president of the
St Louis Chess Club, a good player himself
and taking great interest in the game.
Dr. O. P. Honegger.
Dr. Oscar P. Honegger is the founder of the
Metropolitan Chess Club of this city and had
been its president until June j$, when, at his
earnest entreaties and much against the will of
the members, he was allowed to step out of
office. A player of no mean ability, ever ready
to further the cause of chess, the most genial
of men, Dr. Honegger was an ideal president,
indeed. He is a physician with a large practice.
E. S. Maguire.
Mr. Maguire is the youngest of the coterie of
strong players in Philadelphia. He has been
playing but 4 years, developing strength every
year. His recent achievements are his coming
out tie for first in the practice tourney of the
Franklin and first prize in the Mercantile Li-
brary tourney. Mr. Maguire has also evinced
Kreat talent for problem-composing.
F. M. Teed.
Frank Melville Teed was born in Westchester
County, N. Y., on December 1, 1856. He
learned the game while at school in Nor walk,
Conn.. 187 1. Seven years later he won second
prize in the handicap tournament of the New
York Chess Club, i88r, and first prize in the
handicap and first prize in the championship
tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club. In
1889 he carried off first prize in the handicap of
the Brooklyn Chess Club. During the fifth
American Chess Congress he acted as secre-
tary.
His analyses therein were a refreshing con-
trast to the •• perhaps," "it seems" and "it
may" style, then in vogue among annotators.
As a player Teed is unmistakably a genius. He
is brilliant, though of sterling soundness. He
has a profound knowledge of the openings, an
excellent memory and great skill in handling
the end game, all of which he combines with
an ingenuity and riches of resources seldom
excelled over the board. His conception is
singularly quick. In all games that he has
played with clocks, he never failed to make
more than twenty-five moves the first hour and
to finish the game before his clock had regis-
tered the second hour. 1 n 1883 he played a game
against Steinitz, time limit thirty moves an hour.
This was clearly a point in Teed's favor, and he
won. In the team match between the Brooklyn
and Manhattan Chess Clubs Teed defeated
Lipschutz by the score of 1 >£ to %.
With all his accomplishments Teed would
have had an extraordinary career before him
had he devoted himself to the game, but he
prefers to be considered a problem student,
composer and critic rather than a player. Dur-
ing the past fifteen or twenty years several hun-
dred problems have been published under his
name. He is considered an authority in all
problem matters by the connoisseurs of the
Old and New Wrorla, and is the owner of one
of the finest collections of problems. Here are
his own words :
I have devoted considerable time to the col-
lection and arrangement of some unique manu-
script books of problems, classified according
to idea, etc. For example. I have a " Bristol "
book, wherein all the problems are based on
that famous theme, which is one that can be
illustrated by moving any piece. This book is
divided into parts something like this :
Part I., section 1. — Two moves, King moving.
Part I., section 2. — Two moves, Queen mov-
ing.
Part I., section 3. — Two moves, Rook mov-
ing.
(&c, for six sections.)
Part II., section 1. — Three moves, King mov-
ing.
(&c, &c, six sections.)
This runs up to seven or eight moves.
Then I have an "Indian" book, divided
thus :
I., — I., — 2 moves, covering Bishop.
I ,— II., — 2 moves, covering Rook.
II., — 1., — 3 moves, covering B.
II., — II., — 3 moves, covering R.
And so on Of course a Queen is sometimes
covered, but such covering is always either
diagonally or on a line, so the above headings
suffice for all kinds of "Indians." I have
started another volume devoted to the " catch-
ing" idea or "grab scheme," as Carpenter
164
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
calls it, and have a lot of problems noted for
entry in yet another book to be devoted to the
"intersections," of which that 2-er Carpenter
admired is an example. There are still other
diagram books devoted to 2-ers and 3-ers
(choice) arranged according to the number of
pieces used, one for Pawns only, another for
end games, &c , &c. I mention all this to
show you that I am giving all my chess leisure
to problems in some form or other, and don't
really care to be looked upon as a player.
The problem on the board in the picture is
a two-mover of his, and not a bad one either.
It can almost be made out, but here is the
position :
White (seven pieces).— K on KR 5, Q on Q
Kt 6, B on KKt 6, Kts on QKt 4 and QB 8,
Ps on 0 5 and KB 3.
Black (five pieces).— K on K 4, B on QR 3,
Ps on QKt 2, KB 5 and KR 3. Mate in two.
Geo rgb E. Carpenter.
George E. Carpenter, like Mr. Teed, is a
Westchester County boy, having been born at
what is now known as Ardsley, March 25, 1844.
He learned the game in 1858. Found an old
"Albion " problem in the street. Took it to
school and solved it there. Straightway began
to compose, at first under the name of E. G.
Ward and under other names. His first prob-
lem under his own signature was this :
Two-Move— White : K on KR 4, Q on QR 2,
R on QB 6, Bs on Q Kt 7 and KB 6, Kt on KB
sq, P on QB 5. Black : K on K 5, Ps on KR 3
and 4. 1. B— QR sq, which is a sort of ' Bris-
tol/' and was admired by Marache He has
composed about five hundred problems, sim-
mered down to about two hundred in the col-
lection published by Brownson.
Mr. Carpenter has had a large acquaintance
and correspondence with many of the most
prominent editors and composers. He has
written extensively for the various periodicals
and as a problem critic takes high rank, having
been called upon to act as judge in many im-
portant tourneys. There can be no question
that he has done much to lift up and popularize
the art.
As a composer many place him beside Loyd
and Shinkman. He is a fine mathematician and
also a fair linguist. By profession he is a civil
engineer and land surveyor, having a practice
of $5,000 a year.
A CHESS TRAGEDY.
The ^S was m ms counting-hous
His ledger open lay ;
Cash had not been so tight with him
For many a weary day.
He bit his nails, he tore his hair,
With worry he perspired ;
A new Spring bonnet, Paris made,
Was what his Is desired.
" To wear my old one Sunday next,"
She cried, "would break my heart ;
The J2, is to preach, and so
I feel I must be smart."
Her royal mate, who loved her well,
Was seen his brow to smite ;
In sheer despair for lack of funds
He muttered, "Oh, good $} !"
On all the S fell a gloom,
And when a courtier spoke,
It was to say with bated breath,
"His Majesty's stone broke !"
At length the monarch slowly rose
With a determined frown,
Strode boldly through the startled throng,
And went and 2 'd ms crown.
— Irish Figaro.
The Steinitz Testimonial.
As announced in our last issue, the
Metropolitan Chess Club is arranging for a
testimonial for Mr. Steinitz. Since then
the following circular has been issued by
the committee :
"When, several months ago, the admirers ol
the royal game looked to the Russian capital
for reports of the gigantic battle of the minds,
the match between Steinitz and Lasker ; when
they saw their ever- victorious idol meet the
doom of adversity at Moscow, expressions of
compassion for the veteran were frequently
heard. Chess players who had, during the
The chess world owes a debt of grati-
tude to the past-master, and here is an
opportunity to partly repay it. At the
Vienna tournament of 1882 the noted
chess master, Adolph Schwartz, pointing
to Steinitz, said, "This little man has
taught us all to play chess," and no truer
word was ever spoken. He is the father
of modern play, and Lasker, Pillsbury,
Tarrasch, in fact all who rank high in
chess willingly acknowledge in him their
teacher. Paraphrasing a well-known say-
ie admission card marie by Wi
Steinitz championship reign of twenty-eight
years' duration, enjoyed his masterly perform-
ances, and chess students who appreciated the
eminent services of Mr. Steinitz in the cause of
chess, and particularly American chess, gave
vent to their feelings of heartfelt sympathy for
the master mind whose career was drawing to a
close. A movement to aid Mr. Steinitz was in
the air, and to the Metropolitan Chess Club fell
the honor to inaugurate it. This club, whose
members are among the most ardent admrers
of the ex-champion, has resolved to honor him
with a testimonial tendered by all American
lovers of chess, and to give a benefit entertain-
ment in his behalf during the coming October.
All indications augur a grand success, and the
committee in charge of the matter '
most optimistic expectations."
ing, one can stick a pin at random in any
handbook and one will find an innovation
by Steinitz and adopted since by the chess
world. Moreover, he was the pioneer of
scientific annotation, and the best analysts
of the day are his pupils.
It is gratifying to learn that the noble
effort of the Metropolitan Chess Club is
meeting with response, and that for once
the proverbial ingratitude of chess players
does not manifest itself. The American
Chess Magazine will gladly forward
tickets to any of our readers who is will-
ing to help the worthy cause.
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Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play Chess.
ni.
General Wheeler.
Joseph Wheeler, Representative for the 8th District oi Alabama, is one of the
best chess players in the House. He served on the committee which arranged the
details of the match with the House of Commons.
C O^ETOINS
Brooklyn Chess Club*
The following is the score in the club's con-
tinuous tournament :
Players. Won. Lost Pr. Ct.
J. C. Tatum 3 o 1000
Dr. de Szigethy 3 o 1000
W. M. de Visser 5 1 .8S3
B. C. Selover, Jr 4 1 .800
H. Zirn 4 1 .800
P.Richardson 3 1 .750
S. H Chadwick 16 7 .699
E. S. Gilley 43 26 .623
Dr. J. R. Tabor 105 69 .603
W. Tabing 14 10 .583
B. Wicke 16 12 .571
J. H. F. Bowman 4 3 .571
R. Coiwell 7 6 .538
G.W.Jones 23 20 .535
S. H. Cragg 59 55 .518
G Russell 47 47 .500
J. J.Spowers 2 2 .500
C. S. Taber 2 2 .500
D. G. Wright 2 2 .500
Tacoma Chess Club*
Following is the score in the club's tourna-
ment:
Name. Won. Lost. Pr. Ct.
Ryder i9# 3# .848
Hall 20 6 .769
Clark 12 5 .706
Lee 13 8 .619
Creemer 7 5 .584
Webb 7 7 .500
Lytle ir 12 .478
Bull 8 10 .444
Northwest vs. Y. M. C A*
The Northwest Chess Club played a team
match with the Central Y. M. C. A, with the
following results :
Northwest C. C. Central Y. M. C A.
F.S.Bosch 1 A. M. Mohr o
A. Albert o H. H. B. Finn 1
B Bosch o E. H. Blundin 1
Edw Faber, Jr 1 L. Wallace o
4T. H. Avison 1 H. B. Ward o
Steinitz Chess Club*
The Steinitz Chess Club had a three-round
tourney on July 5. The final score was :
Won. Lost.
Rockske *% #
Garde 2 1
Knox 2 1
Whitecar i# \%
Hunter % 2%
Williams % 2#
On July 8 the Steinitz Club played the Cen-
tury Wheelmen team, defeating them by the
score of 4 to 2. Pairing and results of games
are shown in the appended table :
Steinitz Club. Century Wheelmen.
Garde 1 Buckley o
Whitecar 1 Schanbacker o
Boice o Gardner 1
Knox 1 Coruyn o
Roeske 1 Zook o
Markland o Hahn 1
Total 4 Total 2
First round 5 hirst round 2
Grand total 9 Grand total 4
Saginaw vs* Detroit*
The first match by telegraph between the
above clubs took place on July 10, the players
being stationed at the East Side Y. M. C.A.
gymnasium, Saginaw, and at the Chamber of
Commerce, Detroit. The following were the
teams :
Saginaw.
Detroit.
I.
Dr. B. Hesse.
Beckwith.
2.
Jacob Schwartz.
Duncombe
3-
Edward Heyde.
Lowe.
4-
B. M. Hungerford.
Paliner.
5.
J. H. Simpson.
Rolls.
6.
J. David Walker.
Sullivan.
Total 3 Total.
* Adjudicated.
Rev Leander Turny was chosen referee.
After five hours of play none of the games
were finished, but the Saginaw players had a
decisive advantage Play was adjourned, but
a few days later the Detroit Chess Club re-
signed the match.
The Postal Telegraph Company donated the
use of a wire ; the service was excellent, there
not being a single hitch that the operators were
accountable for.
1 68
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Washington, D* G, Chess Glub*
The summer tournament commenced at
the Washington Chess Club last Saturday
evening, with thirteen entries, viz : Messrs.
P. O'Farrell, A. B. Douglas, F. M.
Tucker, W. E. Thomas, W. H. Smith, J.
W. Harris, John Prender, Wm. Finn, E.
A. Tibbetts, J. E. R. Ray, A. E. Crofts,
J. P. Campbell and John D. Elwell.
The following is the score :
Won.
Smith $}4
O'Farrell.. 5^
Harris 6
Tibbetts ... 5
Ray 3
Finn 3#
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The match between Messrs. P. O' Farrell
and W. A. Gwyer, Jr., was won by the
former, the final score being 5 to 2.
Following is the score in full ol the
spring tournament, 1 897 :
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A telegraphic match was played between the
Racine, Wis., and Christiana Chess Clubs. The
games lasted 5 hours, but no results have come
to hand.
Mercantile library Chess
The final result in the Mercantile Library
Cup Tournament in which Messrs. Stout,
Henry and Maguire tied for first place by
the score of 8^ to 3j4, has been deter-
mined by a triangular tournament, in
which Mr. E. S. Maguire came out victor,
winning $*4 to j4, thus retaining the
Bennett- Chilton Cup for the ensuing year.
There were two rounds, the scores being
as follows :
Mr. E S. Maguire..
Mr. Geo. H. Stout.
Mr. B. Henry
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Marion, 0#> Chess Club*
The following is the score in the tournament:
Bowman, 1 2 ; McClain, 10 ; Stout, 7 ; Barnes,
7 ; Forrest, 5 ; Hood, 4.
The Chattanooga Whist and Chess Club, of
which T. M. Carothers is president, received a
formal challenge for a game of chess from the
local club at Morristown, Tenn. The challenge
will be accepted. Among the Chattanooga
players are some of the best in the South, and a
lively game will result, no doubt.
A team match is being arranged between the
chess clubs of Lawrence and Topeka, Kan., the
first round to be played in the latter city.
We repeatedly had occasion to re-
fer to Catlin's Pocket Chess Boards,
which are most useful — nay, indis-
pensable to any chess player. They
are now made in three sizes, the
prices being $1.00, $1.25 and $2.00.
By special arrangements with Mr.
Catlin, we are in a position to offer
the American Chess Magazine
until and including December, 1898,
together with one of Catlin's best
made, improved Pocket Chess
Boards, for five dollars.
THE THEORY OF END PLAY.
I.
ROOK AND BISHOP AGAINST ROOK.
(Continued from No. 2.)
An exceptional case is shown by the sub-
joined Position V :
3 R-KB 7
4B-R4
3 R-B 6
4 R-B 8
It is impossible for white to obtain here
such favorable corner positions as in III
and IV for the reason of his Bishop com-
manding white squares ; nor does he
always succeed in bringing about Philidor's
position. (Compare solution to Position I
beginning with the nth move. ) Analytical
researches have not yet yielded a wholly
satisfactory result.
White again must dislodge the Rook
from QB 2 and then occupy Q 7.
1 R— Q 8 ch 1 R— B sq
2 R— Q 7 2 R— B 7 (best)
White's object is to play his Rook to KB 7
(guarding the KB sq) before ...R— B 8 and B—
B 6 has been played, which cannot be pre-
vented; for instance, 2... R— B 6; 3 B— R 4,
R-B 8 ; 4 R— KB 7, R— B 6 (R—Kt 8 ch ; 5 B
-Kt 5, R— QB 8 ; 6 B— B 6) ; 5 B— Q 7, R— Kt
6ch ; 6 B— Kt 5, R— QB 6 ; 7 B-R 4, R— B 8 ; 8
B-B 6 or 2... R— B 8 ; 3 B-Q 3, R— B 6 (if K
— B sq ; 4 R—Q 6 followed by B — B 5 wins ; if
3». R-B 8, 4 B— B 5 wins) ; 4 R— KB 7, R—
-Kt 6 ch (or K— B sq ; 5 B— Kt 5, K— Kt sq ;
6 B-R 4) J 5 B— Kt 5, R— B 6 ; 6 B-R 4 R—
B 8 ; 7 B— B 6. The defence is likewise insuffi-
cient if the Rook remains on the first rank : 2...
R-KB sq ; 3 R— Q 6 ! R— B sq ; 4 B— R 6, R—
B sq ; 5 B-B sq, K— B sq ; 6 B— R 3 ch. K— Kt
sq ; 7 R— KKt 6 (white must aim at playing his
R to KB 6 and his B to Q 7), K— R sq ; 8 B—
Q 7. R— Kt sq ch ; 9 K— R 6, R— Q sq ; 10 R—
KB 6, K-Kt sq ; 11 K— Kt 6, R-KKt sq (K—
Rsq; 12 B-B 6 ch, followed by R— B 5 and
R~QR 5) J 12 R— B 5, R— Q sq ; 13 B— B 6, K
-Bsq; 14 R— QR5. If 9... R-KB sq then 10
R-QKt 6, followed by 11 B-B 6 ch, etc.
If 3 or 4... R— B sq the reply B— Q 7 would
win speedily.
5B— B6
White's intention is to compel the adverse
Rook to evacuate the QB file and then to play
his King to Q 6 or QB 6 so as to arrive at the
position by Philidor respectively at the varia-
tion to the 4th move, Position I.
6K-B5
5 R—Kt 8 ch
6 R— Kt 7 (best)
Other defensive moves have been positively
proven to be insufficient. The most important
variations are :
(A) 6... K— B sq ; 7 K— Q 6, R—Q 8 ch ; (if
K— Kt sq ; 8 R— B 8 ch as in Position I note to
4th move) 8 B— Q 5, K— Kt sq ; 9 R—Kt 7 ch,
K — B sq ; 10 R— Kt 4 compare Position I, nth
move.
(B) 6... R— B 8 ch ; 7 K— Q 6, R-K Kt 8 ;
(R—Q sq ch ; 8 B-O 5 or 7... R—Q Kt 8 ; 8
R — B 8 ch is sufficiently analyzed in A and in I)
8 B — K 4 with the following subvariations.
{a) 8... R— Kt 5 ; 9 R— Kt 7 ch, K— R sq (K
— B sq; 10 R— Kt 4, R— Kt4; 11 B-Q 5) 10
R— K 7 ch, K— Kt sq ; 11 R— K 8 ch, K— R 2 ;
12 K— B 5, R— Kt 4 ch ; 13 B -Q 5, etc.
(6) 8... R— Kt 4 ; 9 R— Kt 7 ch, K— B sq (K
— R sq ; 10 R— Kt 7 dis. ch) 10 R— Kt 4 (also
R— QR 7). R— QR 4 (R-KR 4 ; nB-Q 5) n
B— B 6, R— R 3 or 2 (as B— Q 2 ch is threat-
ened) 12 R— KR 4, K— Kt sq ; 13 R— R 8 ch,
K— R 2 ; 14 K— B 7, etc.
(c) 8... R— Kt sq ; 9 R— Kt 7 ch, K— B so ;
10 R— OR 7, R—Q sq ch ; 11 K— B 6. K— Kt
sq ; 12 R— Kt 7 ch, K— R sq ; 13 R—Kt 4, K—
R 2 ; 14 K— B 7, etc.
(d) 8... R—Kt 6, K 8, QB 8 or QR 8 ; 9 R—
Kt 7 ch followed by 10 R — Kt 4 with a similar
continuation as in (a), (b) or (c).
(O 6.. .R—Q 8 ; 7 B— Q 5, R— B 8 ch (for R
— KKt 8 ; 8 B— K 4 compare D) 8 K— Q 6, R—
B 2 (if R— B sq ; 9 R—Kt 7 ch, K— R sq ; 10 K
— K 5 !) 9 R-B 2 or B sq, R— B sq (R— KKt 2
or KR 2 ; 10 R— B 8 ch followed by K— B 5 ; if
9... R— B 6 or 8, then 10 R— QR 2) 10 R— QR
2, R—Q sq ch ; 11 K— B 6, R—Q 2 ; (if R any-
where else then 12 K — Kt 6 followed by B — B
6) 12 R—Kt 2 ch, K— B sq ; 13 B— K 6, etc.
{D) 6... R— KKt 8 ; 7 B— K 4 with the fol-
lowing subvariations :
(a) 7... R— B 8 ch ; 8 K— Q 6, R— B 2 ; 9 R
— B 2, R— B sq ; 10 R— QR 2, R-Q sq ch ; 11
K— B 6, R— K sq ; 12 B— Q 5, R— R 3 ch (if R
— K 2 or to any other sq on the K file, then 13
R— KR 2, K— R 2 ; 14 R— QKt 2, R-K8; 15
R— R 2 ch, K— Kt sq; 16 K— Q 6 resp; 13
K — Q 6 ; for ...R — Q sq, etc., compare Varia-
i7o
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tion C) ; 13 K— Q 7, R— QR 3 ; *4 R— Kt 2 ch,
see (/) 17th move, or 11... R— Q 5 ; 12 R— Kt
2 ch, K— R 2 (K— B sq ; 13 B-Q 5, etc.) ; 13
K— B 7, K— R 3 (if R--QR 5 then likewise B—
B 6) ; 14 B—B 6, K-R 4 ; 15 R— Kt 5, K— R 6 ;
16 R— QB 5, R— QKt 5 ; 17 R— B 3, etc. The
following variation is made possible by the B at
K 5 : 8...R— QB sq ; 9 B— Q 5, R-^Q sq ch ; 10
K— B 5, R— B sq ch ; 11 B—B 6, R— B 2 ; 12 R
— B 8 ch, R— B sq ; 13 R— B 2, R— B 2 (K— B
2 ; 14 R— B 7 ch, K— Kt sq ; 15 R-Kt 7 ch, K
— R sq ; 16 R— Kt 2 ch K— R 2 ; 17 R— R 2 ch,
followed by K—Kt 6) ; 14 K— Q 6, R— B sq ; 15
R— Kt 2 ch. K— R 2 ; 16 K— B 5, R— Q sq ; 17
R— R 2 ch, followed by K— QKt 6.
(6) 7...R-Q8; 8 K-B 6, R-Q 7 (8... R—
Q 5 ; 9 R— K 7, R— Q 7 : 10 R— K 8ch K moves ;
1 1 K— B 5 : if 8... R— Q sq : 9 R— Kt 7 ch, K—
R sq ; 10 R— Kt 4) ; 9 R— B 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 10
K— B 5, etc.
(c) 7.... R— K 8 ; 8 K—Kt 6, K— B sq ; 9 R—
B 8 ch, K— Q 2 ; 10 B—B 6, K— Q 3 ; 11 R - Q
8 ch, K moves ; 12 R — K 8 ch, etc., or 8... R—
QB 8 ; 9 B—B 5, etc.
(e) 7.... R— Kt 4 ch ; 8 K— B 6, R— KR 4 ; 9
K— Kt 6, K— B sq ; 10 B—B 6, K— Q sq ; 11 R
— Q 7 ch, K— B sq ; 12 R— K 7, R— R sq ; 13 R
-QR 7, etc.
(/) 7... R— KKt sq ; 8 K—Kt 6. K— B sq ;
9 R— OR 7, R— Kt 8 (if R— Q or K sq, 10 fi-
fe 6 ; for R— Kt 6 see below); 10 K— B 6, K—Kt
sq ; 11 R— Kt 7 ch, K — B sq (K — R sq ; 12
R— Kt 2, R— B 8 ch ; 13 K—Kt 6. K—Kt sq ;
14 R— R 2, K— B sq ; 15 R— Q 2 K—Kt sq ;
16 B — B 5, etc., or 12... K — R 2 ; 13 R — R 2 ch,
K—Kt sq ; 14 K— Q 6, etc.); 12 R— KR 7, K—
Kt sq ; 13 R— R 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 14 K— B 5, R—
B 8 ch ; 15 K—Kt 5, R— B sq ; 16 R— R 7 ch,
K—Kt sq ; 17 R— Kt 7 ch, K— R sq ; 18 K— R 5.
etc. If 9... R — Kt 6 instead of Kt 8. then 10
B—B 6, K— Q sq (R— Kt 6 ch ; 11 B— Kt 5,
K—Kt sq ; 12 R— Kt 7 ch, K moves. 13 R—
K 7); 11 R— Q 7 ch, K— B sq 12 R-Q6, R-
Kt 6 ch (R— Kt 2 ; 13 B— Q 5 as in Position
IV); 13 B-Kt 5, R-Kt 7; 14 R— Q sq. R-
Kt 5 (R— Kt 6. 15 R— K sq); 15 R— B sq ch, K
moves ; 16 R — K sq, etc.
7B-Q5
7 R— KR 7
This is the only reply except R — B 7 ch, 8
K— Q 6, R — B 2, or B sq. as in Variation Cand
Da ; white threatens K — Q 6.
8 R— Kt 7 ch
9R-K7
8 K— B sq
9 K—Kt sq
K— Q sq or R— R 3 lead to Philidor position
of Variation D </, 6th move The object of
white's last moves was to guard against an at-
tack and the check by ...R— R 3. If black now
seizes the KB file, 9 ...R— KB 7, then 10 K— B
6, K—Kt sq, 11 R— Kt 7 ch, K— R sq, 12 R-
Kt 4. R— B 7 ch (K— R 2, 13 R— R 4 ch, K-Kt
sq, 14 K-Q 7) 13 B—B 4, R-KKt or KR 7 (if
K— R 2 or R-KB 7, 14 K— B 7) 14 B-Q 3, K
— R 2 (if 14...R— KR 2 or 14..R— R 3 ch, 15 K
— B 7 ; if 14...R— KKt 8 or KR 8, then 15 B— K
4, R— B 8 ch, 16 K—Kt 6 as in D/6th move, if
R anywhere else. 15 B— K 4, as in the text) 15 B
— K 4 and wins by K— B 5 or by R-QR 4 ch
followed by K— Q 6 or Q 7 accordingly. If 15
...R— QR 7; 16 R Kt 7 ch, K— R sq, 17 R—
KR 7, etc. White may also play 12 R— Kt sq
(instead of Kt 4) R— B 7 ch, 13 K—Kt 6. K-
Kt sq, 14 B— K 6, and wins, as will be seen later
on.
White may now continue with 10 K— B 6 or
10 K—Kt 6. Each move leads to interesting
play, but there remains at least one variation
favorable for the defence, so that a forced win
cannot be proven. For this reason the position
after black's 9th move must be considered as a
draw by the Theory.
(to be continued )
Jottings*
A match for the championship of the Bishop's
Chess Club was played between B. C. Sel-
over, Jr., and E. W. Tyler. Final score, 7 to 3,
2 draws.
The match between F. J. Marshall and V.
Sournin resulted in an overwhelming victory
for the Brooklyn player, the final score being :
Marshal], 7 ; Sournin, 2 ; drawn, 2. A match
between the victor and Harry Zirn is contem-
plated.
Mr. H. G. Voigt. of Philadelphia, and Mr.
W. J. Ferris, of New Castle, Del , are engaged
in playing a match.
Dr. C. L. Carter, of Warrensburg, Mo., and
G. L. Palmer, of Kansas City, played a game
on August 6 over the Postal Telegraph Co.'s
wires. Dr. Carter's moves were transmitted
by Operator Chas. Achenbach. Mr. Palmer, be-
ing chief night operator in the Postal Telegraph
office of Kansas City, sent his moves himself.
An interested crowd watched the game at both
ends of the line. Dr. Carter won after 35
moves. The game lasted one hour and a half.
Messrs. J. R. Deen and H. Hirsch are con-
testing a match, 5 games up, at the Metropoli-
tan Chess Club. Mr. Hirsch scored the first
victory, but then Mr. Deen turned the tables
upon him, winning 4 games straight. A match
at the same club between Messrs. Goetze and
Drescher stands 1% to 1% in the latter gentle-
man's favor.
Mr. C. H. Blood, of Biddeford, Maine, would
like to contest a few games by correspondence
with some good players.
The following are the openings in the match
between the Pillsbury Association and Orillia :
United States.
W. P. Shipley....
F. A Hill
G A L'H'mm'de
W. E. Napier
Dr. B. Hesse
Dr. E. R Lewis.
J.I Jellett
H. Gibson-
N. A. Voss
Dr. T. F. Leech.
C. C. McKecknie
F. B. Walker....
Openings.
Petroffdef...
Two Knights
Q'nsG'tdec
Ruy Lopez..
■Petroffdef..
Petroffdef...
Scotch
Sicilian
Giuoco P'no
Petroffdef...
Q'ns G't dec
Canada.
D. Thompson.
C. E. Grant.
A.T. Steph'ns'n.
Rev. G. Grant.
A M. Snellgrove
C. E. Corbould.
A. R. Harvie
C. D. Corbould.
W. G. Bingham.
W. C. Kennedy.
I. Day.
H. M. Christie.
The leaders in the tournament of the Pills-
bury Correspondence Association are :
New England Section — E. B. Escott, 5 to o ;
Henry Lavers, 3 to 1.
Atlantic Section — Dr. O. Meyer, \% to >£.
Central Section — E J. Napier. 4 to o; L
Turney, 3 to o ; Dr. H. E. Greene, 5# to % ;
C. F. Loar, $% to #.
A match of four games is in progress between
Paris and Austin, Tex. Henry McClanahan
and Gaines Hamilton are playing for Paris.
The first moves in the match by correspond-
ence between the Metropolitan Chess Club of
this city and the Washington Chess Club have
been made The latter club will miss the ser-
vices of two strong members of the playing
committee. Captain James Hill has gone into
the field for the Pension Office, and Mr. S. C.
Dunham, the problematist, went to the gold
fields of Alaska. The following are the moves
exchanged so far :
King's Bishop's Gambit.
White.
Metropolitan.
1 P— K4
2 P— K B 4
3B-B4
4 RxP
5 Kt-Q B 3
6 Kt— b 3
Black.
Washington.
1P-K4
2PxP
3P-Q4
4 Kt-K B 3
5 B-Q Kt 5
6BxKt
White.
Queen's Gambit Declined.
Black.
Washington.
1P-Q4
2P-QB4
3 Kt-Q B 3
4 B— Kt 5
5 Kt— B 3
6P— K3
Metropolitan.
1P-Q4
2P-K3
3 Kt-K B 3
4B-K2
5P-B4
The amateur tournament started by Mr. Chas.
A. Will is well under way. The following is
the pairing: For the first round (a), Koch vs
Sweeney ; Davis vs. Meyer ; Dobriner vs.
Schall ; Fagan vs. Brower ; Schroeter vs.
Libaire ; Will vs. Schroeder.
(b) Brower vs. Schroeter ; Schall vs. Fagan ;
Meyer vs. Dobriner ; Sweeney vs. Davis ; Will
vs. Koch ; Schroeder vs. Libaire
(c) Davis vs. Will ; Dobriner vs. Sweeney ;
Fagan vs. Meyer ; Schroeter vs. Schall ; Li-
baire vs. Brower ; Koch vs. Schroeder.
(d) Schall vs. Libaire ; Meyer vs. Schroeter;
Sweeney vs. Fagan ; Will vs. Dobriner ; Koch
vs. Davis ; Schroeder vs. Brower. The first-
named player has the move. Each must con-
duct four games simultaneously.
The Canadian Champion*
Mr. J. E. Narraway was born in Guysboro,
N. S., m 1857. He held the championship of
St. John, N. B., for several years until 1887,
when he removed to Ottawa. Mr. Narraway
has taken part in seven tourneys of the
Canadian Chess Association, winning first
prize twice (in 1893 and this year), second
prize three times (in 1889, 1892 and 1894), and
third prize twice (in 1888 and 1891).
In the Hamilton Correspondence Tourna-
ment of 1886, he won third prize. In the Cincin-
nati Commercial Correspondence tourney of
1882, Mr. Narraway won a special prize for the
best Petroff defence. In the International
Correspondence Tournament between the
United States and Canada, he played at board
No. 1, and won his game for Canada against S.
Loyd, the famous problem composer. He is
at present playing in the finals of the great
Continental Correspondence Tournament.
ATLANTA CHESS AND CHECKER
CLUB.
Messrs. N. R. Fowler, A. M. Haygood,
and D. P. Waites, of Augusta, Ga., are the
leading spirits in a movement to form a chess
club in that city, and they request that all those
who wish to join with them in making the club
a success, let themselves be known.
A circular has been sent out to all known
players asking them to become members of the
club. The organization is to be known as the
Atlanta Chess and Checker Club and has for its
object the " social and scientific pastime derived
from these games," and the playing of match
contests by correspondence or otherwise with
the chess clubs of New York, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn and other large cities.
They state that they will also in a short time
inaugurate a correspondence tourney for the
championship of the State of Georgia. Tourna-
ments will also be held by the club.
MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB.
Many chess players from out of town
have been visitors to the commodious
and accessible rooms of the Manhattan Chess
Club at 4th Ave. and 32d Street.
Judge J. McConnell, of the N. O. Chess,
Checkers and Whist Club, a veteran in chess
affairs, who has measured his strength with all
the great players of the last half century, was
the center of a circle of listeners to his stories
of Morphy, Rosseau and others of the old days.
Sec'y F. F. Wilcox, of the Chicago Chess,
Checkers and Whist Club, spent his spare hours
in friendly contest with the cracks of the Man-
Sec' y S. W. Wilson, of Bridgeport Chess
Club ; President Hymes. of the Newark Club ;
Mr. R. Fleming, of the Montreal C.C , and W.
Ross Jones, of the Liverpool fEng.) Chess
Club, also enjoyed the hospitalities of the Man-
hattans, who are alwavs ready for visitors.
CRESCENT ATHLETIC CLUB, BROOK-
LYN, N. Y.
If any one is still in doubt as to the
growing popularity of the "King ot games"
let him pay a visit to our leading clubs, and
almost everywhere he will find at least a nook
given up for chess, while not a few make a spe-
cial feature of our game To this latter class
belongs the Crescent Athletic Club, of Brook
lyn, wliich can easily muster up a chess team of
15. Not long since a tournament was held, four
members competing. Mr. George S. O'Ftyn
won premier honors with a score of 13 wins;
Mr. E. Wreaks, 11 ?£. second prize; Mr. S.
Chittenden. io#, third, and Mr. W. B. B. ln-
galls, 9#, fourth prize. The club will soon
hold another tournament, and the Committee
on Chess, Messrs Edmond Vernon chairman ;
Geo. S. O'Flyn, W. B Ingalls and Fred Rose,
are preparing an elaborate programme for next
season. The club is at 15-27 Clinton Street,
Brooklyn.
HARLEM Y. M. C A. CLUB.
The novel idea of a popular exposition
of the beauties of chess play will be car-
ried out at the rooms of the Harlem Y. M. C. A.
some date in September. This association has
regular nights devoted to games and is equipped
with chess boards and men.
The Manhattan Chess Club has accepted an
invitation to give a public entertainment on one
evening as a means of awakening an interest
among the Harlem chess players, who have no
rooms or club, outside the Y. M. C. A.,
where they can meet. There will be a pro-
gramme of music, short speeches, annotated
chess game on a large board, exhibition play by
experts, and a simultaneous contest against all
comers by the Manhattan players.
A general invitation to all Harlem chess
players will be extended on date to be an-
nounced.
DETROIT CHESS CLUB.
The Detroit Chess Club rooms are at
1018 Chamber of Commerce building.
All strangers and lovers of the game will be
cordially welcome.
1ST
EWARK, O , CHESS CLUB.
ij; was held at the home of
Mr. C. G Nevins on South Third Street
Honors rest easy between Messrs H. L. Wil-
helm, Dan Murphy and Dr. Mat ah on.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
173
STEINITZ CHESS CLUB, BROOKLYN,
N.Y.
This is one of the many flourishing
chess organizations which of late have sprung
up in the City of Churches. Upon instigation
of present secretary, Mr. W. H. Clay, chess
players abiding near the Prospect Park Slope
banded together, and not less than 17 re-
sponded to the first roll-call. The chess played
at the club is of the lighter sort, the members
looking upon the game as a pleasure, not as
drudgery, and therefore derive much enjoy-
ment from it. The officers derive their titles
from the chessmen. Mr. Frank Downing is
King (president): Mr. W. H. Clay, King's
Hishop (secretary) ; and Mr. Albert Talbot,
King's Rook (treasurer). Mr. George Rheim
is the club's champion, and bears the title ot
Queen.
The club will resume its meetings about the
middle of next month, when it will get perma-
nent headquarters. Mr. C. Devide" has been
invited to give a simultaneous exhibition. The
dub is desirous of playing a match, about five
a side, with any of the smaller clubs. Further
particulars can be obtained by addressing Sec-
retary W. H. Clay, 928 President Street,
Brooklyn.
SAGINAV CHESS CLUB.
The officers of the Saginaw Chess Club
are : Dr. B. Hesse, president ; Jas. D.
Fresbie, vice-president ; Alex. Jacobi, treas-
urer ; J. David Walker, secretary ; Carl Opper-
mann, statistician.
ST. LOUIS CHESS CLUB.
The St. Louis Chess Club is one of the
oldest organizations of the kind Its
rooms are in the Emilie Building, corner Ninth
and Olive Streets. The officers are : Chas. A.
McNair, president; S. R. Bergen, first vice-
president ; Hugo Rinkel, second vice-presi-
dent, and Ben. R. Foster, secretary and treas-
urer. The governing committee consists of
6 members. The club extends a hearty invita-
tion to all chess players throughout the world
when passing through the city.
W7INOOSKI CHESS CLUB.
^y The tournament resulted in Joseph
Gingros, 9^ to 2#, winning first prize,
and H. F. Wolcott, 8# to 3^, second prize.
The contest has consumed all the spring and
summer.
POGRESSIVE CHESS CLUB, NEWARK,
The Progressive Chess Club, of New-
ark, elected the following-named officers for
the ensuing term : J Beckelman, president ; N.
Jayson, vice-president ; L. Bernstein, secretary,
and L. Foer. treasurer.
William Steinitz entertained the members
of the club with simultaneous play on July
26. Of the 21 games Mr. Steinitz won 19,
drew 2. One of the drawing opponents was
Mrs. S. Bernstein. Six games were adjudicated
at a late hour by C. Hymes and Louis Bern-
stein.
STEINITZ CHESS CLUB, PHILA.
The Steinitz Chess Club has reorgan-
ized for the season. Mr. J. F. Roeske was
elected president and Mr. Charles P. Garde, Jr.,
secretary.
T TNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA*
II There is some talk over at the Berke-
ley University of playing a chess match
with Harvard by telegraph next semester. The
proposition has not yet taken definite shape, but
it is understood that the matter will be fully dis-
cussed at the next meeting of the University of
California Chess Club. It is believed that if one
of the telegraph companies will donate the use
of its wires for the purposes of the match the
contest can be arranged without much diffi-
culty.
WORCESTER CHESS AND CHECKER
CLUB.
The semi-annual meeting, held on
Saturday, Aug. 7, resulted in the election of the
following officers for the ensuing six months :
President, John Weir ; vice-president, E. H .
Kibbe; secretary, B. Whitmore, Jr.; treasurer,
W. H. Shearman ; auditor, L. v. K. Van De
Mark. Executive committee, W. B. Abbott, D.
Douley, R. C. Walls. Membership committee,
Samuel Ross, E. H Newton, w. H. Shear-
man. A match for the championship of the
club between Messrs. G. R. MacNamara and
E. R. Perry has just been completed, the final
score being : MacNamara 7, Perry 6, drawn
3. Mr. Perry has held the championship of the
club since its organization two years ago.
One of the chief attractions at a smoker held
in Sag Harbor last month, under the auspices
of Court Montauk No. 85, F. of A., was a simul-
taneous chess performance by A. C. Bates, the
leading chess player of that place, who met a
team of five consisting of Messrs. McNamara,
Friedlie, Affron, Clance and Blacklock. The
contest created general interest among the mem-
bers who watched it closely throughout its
duration of one and a half hours. At the end of
that time Mr. Bates had defeated all with the
exception of McNamara, who alone scored a
victory.
174
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The Last of the Steinitz Gambit.
The Famous Attack in the Vienna Completely
Refuted in a Consultation Game*
[ This article by the Editor is reprinted /torn the
Evening Post.]
It is now thirty years ago that William Stein-
itz, at the Dundee tournament, startled the
chess world by an attack in the Vienpa game,
which has ever since borne his name, viz. : i P
-K 4, P-K4; 2 Kt-Q B 3| Kt-Q B 3; 3
P-B 4, PxP ; 4 P-Q 4. Q-R' 5 ch ; 5 K-K 2.
An error propagated by Dr. S. Tarrasch in the
Schachzeitung may here be corrected. The
Doctor says : " It has been stated that this, like
many other innovations, was accidental, Stein-
itz having forgotten to first develop his King's
Knight, but the progress of the game proved
his move to be feasible." This is not so. The
nwvc 3* !*— Q 4 h*» been, made in the King's
gambit by Polerio, one of the oldest Italian
masters Steinitz snowed that after 3... . P — Q 4
4 PxP, black could draw by checking forward
and backward with the Queen at R 5 and K 2,
a process which he thought inapplicable to his
own gambit.
Steinitz repeated his success with his attack
at Baden in 1870, defeating such masters as
Neumann and Paulsen, while Anderssen avoid-
ed the issue by playing a Sicilian defence.
Shortly afterwards Zukertort in Berlin and Max
Fleissig in Vienna, independently, but almost
simultaneously, published an analysis of the
gambit which they thought to refute by an in-
genious line of play involving the sacrifice of
two pieces, namely: 5 ....P — Q 4; 6 PxP, B —
Kt 5 ch ; 7 Kt— B 3, castles ; 8 PxKt, B— -Q B 4.
Steinitz, however, maintained that the analysis
did not invalidate his gambit, as the move-
ments of white's King, upon which the inventor
based his play, were not sufficiently considered.
In a tournament at London in 1872 Steinitz had
the satisfaction of defeating Zukertort at that
variation. Fourteen years later, in the final
game of their match for the championship of
the world, Zukertort resorted to an altogether
different line of play, which was taken as an ad-
mission that his former mode of meeting the
opening was ineffective.
The other masters ran shy of a continuation
which involved the sacrifice of a Pawn and a
piece, and they mostly defended with 5....P —
QKt 3, and later on by 5... P-Q 4; 6 PxP,
Q — K 2 ch, contented themselves with a
draw. In a few games played by correspond-
ence Zukertort's counter attack was tested,
the result being mostly favorable for white,
owing to inferior continuation by black. The
gambit was deemed an unknown quantity,
which Steinitz, but only Steinitz, could play,
while a definite proof of its unsoundness had
never been demonstrated until a short time ago
two players of the Metropolitan Club of this
city, Robert Raubitscheck and Dr. Oscar P.
Honegger, consulting against Steinitz, utterly
disposed of Steinitz's main play, and compelled
him to admit that henceforth the gambit is un-
playable. The full run of the game is ap-
pended :
White.
Black.
W. Steini z (blindfold- Dr. Honegg
Raubitschek.
ed).
1 P-K4
2 Kt— Q B 3
3 P-B 4
4 P-Q 4
5 K-K 2
6 PxP
7Kt-B3
8 PxKt (a)
9 PxPch
10 Kt— Kt 5 (c)
er and R.
1 P-K4
2 Kt-Q B 3
3 PxP
4 Q-R 5 ch
5 P-Q 4
6 B— Kt 5 ch
7 Castles
8B— QB4(b)
9 K— Kt sq
10 Kt— B 3
Position after black's ninth move.
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12 P-Q R 3
13 PxKt
14 RxP (f)
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16 B— B 4 ch
17 B— Kt 5 ch
i8Kt-Kt5
11 K-Q 3 (d)
I2K-B3(e)
13 K-Kt 3
14 P— B 3
15PXR
16 K— B 2
17 K-Q 2
18 K— K 2
Resigns.
(o) If 8 BxP, R— K sq ch ; 9 K— Q 3 (K-Q
2, Q— B 7, ch, followed by BxKt) B— B, 4 ch ;
10 K-B 4, Kt— R 4 ch; 11 K— Kt 5, QxB;
12 KxKt, Q-Q 3; 13 P-Q R *, Q-Kt 3
ch; 14 K-R 4, B— Q 2 ch ; 15 B— Kt 5, Q
— R 3 ch and wins.
(b) If 10 PxB, Kt— B 3 (not RxQ, which
would leave white with three pieces, including
a Rook against the Queen) 11 QxR ch (if Q —
Q 3, K R— K sq ch followed by BxKt ch) RxQ ;
12 B-Q 2, R— K sq ch ; 13 K— Q sq, Q— B
7; 14 K— B sq, BxKt; 15 PxB, QxB P; 16
R— K Kt sq, Q-B 7 ; 17 R— R sq, R— K 8
ch ; 18 BxR, QxR ch ; 19 Kt— Q sq, Kt— K 5 ;
20 P— QR 4, Q— Q 7 ch ; 21 K— Kt sq, QxKtch ;
22 K— R 2, QxP ; 23 B— Kt 5, Kt— B 6 ch ; 24
K— R j, KtxB ch; 25 PxKt, QxP ch, and
must win by his numerity of Pawns.
(c) If 10 Q-K sq, R-K sq ch ; 11 K-Q
3 (best, according to Steinitz) Q— Q sq ; 12 Q
xR ch. QxQ; 12 PxB, Kt— B 3, and although
white has 3 pieces for the Queen, the exposed
position of his King will soon tell.
(d) On this and the following King moves
Steinitz rested his gambit. If instead 11 Q—
Q 3, black forces the game by 11....K R— K sq
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ch; ii K-Q », BxKt; 13 QxB, R— K 6.
For ii P — B 3, see variation A.
it) If now P— B 3, then r?....Q— B 4ch ; and
if 13 K— K 2, Kt-K 5, followed by K R—
Ksq.
{/) This crushing rejoinder was suggested
by R. Raubitschek.
If instead of moving the King white plays
11. P— B 3, black wins by the subjoined —
originated with Walter Penn Shipley,
delphia; the honor of having demolished the
Steiniti gambit belongs to two American
15 KtxB P
j6 Kt-K 5
i?K-KtS
tSBxP
19 K— R6
30 KtxR ( c)
21 B— QB4
22 BxR id)
13 K— Kt 6
24 BxB
(a) If 14 K— Q 3 then Q— R 4.
(i) Threatening ...Kt-K 5 ch and fi-
ll K R— Ksq ch
13 B— B4ch
13 B-K 3 ch
i4P-CjR4(b)
(rf) If 22 B-Kt 3, P-B 3, 23 PxKt, RxP
wins. Or 23 BxR, BxB; 74 PxKt, BxP ch ;
25 K— Kt 6, Q-Kt 8 ch and wins.
William C. Wilson, a prominent memberof the
Franklin Chess Club, bookseller and the pro-
prietor of the Philadelphia Circulating Library,
was foully murdered in his store, at 11 17
Walnut Street, on the evening of August 16.
He was evidently killed by thieves, who car-
ried out their purpose of robbing the place
after murdering him. At about 7.30 o'clock a
patrolman finding the gate at No. 1117 open
and the door to Wilson's store ajar, ascended
the stairs through the second story, which was
vacant, to the third floor. Wilson's sleeping-
room was on this floor, and in this room Police-
man Smith found everything in confusion.
Closets, bureau drawers and trunks had been
broken open and their contents scattered on
the floor.
The policeman went down-stairs to the store,
which is on the first floor, fronting on Walnut
Street. On reaching the foot of the stairs,
Smith saw a blood-stained hammer lying on
the floor. Near the front of the store was a
pool of blood, and leading from this was a trail
of blood around behind the show-cases.
There the officer discovered the body of
Wilson with the skull crushed in.
The face was so bruised and covered with
blood as to be nearly unrecognizable. Wilson's
trousers had been almost pulled ofl, and the
pockets had been turned inside out
There was a towel about Wilson's neck, with
which his slayers had evidently strangled him,
to make their work more certain
Wilson was last seen alive at about 6 o'clock,
when he left his boarding-house to return to
his place of business. He lived alone at the
Walnut Street store, and was accustomed to
get his meals on South Tenth Street. The men
who killed him were evidently familiar with his
habits and apparently forced an entrance to the
store while he was out and lay in wait for him
Their motive was undoubtedly robbery Wil-
son was commonly supposed to keep a large
sum of money in the store.
Mr. Wilson was about 55 years of age. He
hailed from New England, and at the age of 16
was employed as a clerk in Prout's bootc store,
Worcester, Mass He showed remarkable tal-
ent for chess, especially for playing blindfolded,
and he conducted 3 games at one occasion, as
told in our last issue (p. 91). After having
established himself in Philadelphia, Mr. Wilson
joined the Franklin Chess Club. Whenever a
star player gave a simultaneous exhibition at
the City of Broiherly Love, Mr. Wilson was sure
to take a board against him, and he took great
Cride in the fact that he seldom failed to win
is game. Among the scalps of great players
which he (figuratively speaking) wore around
his belt were those of Steinitz, Zukertort
Tchigorin, Blackburne, Gunsberg, Weiss and
Bird. Before the Franklin Club moved to its
present quarters in the Retz Building, it occu-
pied a part of Mr. Wilson's Circulating Library,
then in Sansom Street.
The following resolutions have been passed
by the Franklin Chess Club :
Resolved, That in the death of our es-
teemed fellow- member, the late lamented
William C Wilson, we recognize that the
Franklin Chess Club and the cause of chess
generally has lost a strong champion, a faith-
ful supporter, and an ardent enthusiast of the
Resolved, That we tender the relatives of
the deceased our respectful and earnest sym-
pathy and that so far as possible we will attend
his obsequies as a last mark of respect.
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
The American Chess Code*
Since the publication of the American
Chess Code (June 15) a large number of
letters have been received by the Manhat-
tan Chess Club, referring to the excellence
of the work and its great value and useful-
ness. All agree that a work of this kind is
needed, and they promise active support
when the club members reassemble for win-
ter play. The publishers, Messrs. Bren-
tano, report a steady and increasing de-
mand for the book, indicating the general
interest and desire for a better code of laws
than the one now used.
The critical press notices have been cour-
teous and considerate, with one exception.
It must be remembered that more than one
hundred men, prominent in chess affairs,
collaborated on the book, which has become
the standard law of English players since
its formal adoption by the London Chess
League. The Southern Counties Chess
Union, the University Chess Clubs, the
Yorkshire Chess Association and other or-
ganizations. The British Chess Maga-
zine, in the course of a critical article on
the code, says :
" We commented some time ago on the
services which the British Chess Company
have rendered to the cause of our noble
game Not the least among these is the
compilation and publication of a code of
chess laws, which is the result of an enor-
mous amount of labor, and which, not-
withstanding some delects, is destined, we
believe, to supersede all other codes for the
governance of chess play in Great Britain,
the Colonies and the United States.
11 In their preface to the Revised Edition,
which has been published simultaneously
in United States, the authors disclaim any
finality for their present enactments, and
probably in the future some of them will
be still farther altered and improved. For
the time being, however, we certainly think
that, on the whole, no better code of chess
law is in existence, and that chess players
in all parts of the world will do well to ac-
cept them for guidance in their various
contests."
Several letters of interest, referring to
various points in the new code, have been
received, and will hereafter be published,
with replies.
En Passant*
Chess-Chat by Pawnee*
A belated member of the Ancient and Hon-
orable Order of Lumber-Shifters was merrily
shoving his pieces the other day at a well-known
chess resort down-town. His adversary, who,
to judge from his looks and deportment, was a
German Professor, pondered for awhile and
then offered the sacrifice of his Queen, which,
if accepted, would have led to a pretty mate.
The L. S., however, exasperated the Professor
by exclaiming : "Take it back ; you lose your
Queen! "
The Schachzeitung contains an article by the
Russian master Alapin, wherein he tries to
prove that his defence to the Ruy Lopez 3... B
— QKt 5 is not necessarily bad because it is ec-
centric. In his palmier days, H. £. Bird played
many oddities, among which 3...Kt— Q 5 in the
kuy Lopez is not the worst. In Vienna, 1873,
he played 2 B — Kt 5 against the French de-
fence. Dr. Heral by 2... P — QR 3 and 3... P —
QB 4 obtained a good Sicilian defence, having
gained a move. Dr. Y leissig thought to refute
Bird's move by 2 .. Q — Kt 4, attacking the B
and the KtP, and Bird had to retreat the B to B
sq. Had F leissig also played the Q back to Q
sq. the joke would have been on Bird. Fleissig,
however, let the Queen stand, which soon be-
came a target for the attack by Bird's minor
pieces, and the Englishman achieved a speedy
victory. Anderssen played 1 P— QR 3 against
Morphy to obtain the Sicilian with a move
ahead, and once against Paulsen " to avoid a
draw by either the Queen's gambit or the French
defence." Steinitz also chose this move against
Blackburne in the second game of their tie
match for the Emperor's prize, Vienna, 1873,
to throw the initiative upon his opponent
Ware's Stonewall 1 P — Q 4, followed by 2 P —
KB 4 was considered an oddity until it was re-
stored to its honors by Pillsbury. Ware's
Meadowhay opening I...P— QR 4, however,
has fallen into desuetude The "Hoboken"
opening, 1 P— QKt 4, and Alapin's opening,
2 Kt— K 2, may be mentioned here. Pollock,
in a very pretty game against Lasker (both
blindfolded), defended the Ruy Lopez with 3...
Kt — R 5. In giving Pawn and move Pollock
boldly marched his King 1... K — B 2, and he
also often made use of one of Bird's sallies
when giving a Knight 1 R — Kt sq.
Miss Theodora Estelle Hazeltine, daughter
of "Miron," the veteran chess editor of the
New York Clipper, was married last week to
Horace R. Hubbard, a recent graduate of the
Meadville, Pa.. Divinity School. The happy
pair will receive the congratulations and good
wishes of the chess fraternity.
GAME DEPARTMENT.
Games from the Ladies' Tournament*
GAME No. 30. French Defence.
This game was awarded the special prize for the best mate.
White.
Black.
Miss Forbes-Sharpe.
Madame De laVigne
1P-K4
1P-K3
2 Kt-KB 3 (a)
2 Kt-QB 3 (b)
3B-QB4(c)
3P-Q4
4 B-Q 3 (d)
4 PxP (c)
5BxP
6 Castles
6 P^KB 4 (e)
7B-Q3
8B-K2
7 Kt— KB 3
8 Q-K 2 (f )
9P-Q4
9Q—Q3
10 P-QB 3
10 P— KKt 3
11 QKt— Q 2
12 KM}Kt 3
ii B-KKt 2
12 Kt— K 5
13 B-QB 4
13 Kt-K 2
.4Q-K2
14 P— K 4
15 PxP
isBxP
i6KtxB
16 QxKt
17B-K3
17 Q-Q 3
18 OR— Q sq
!9Kt-QR5(g)
18 Q-QB 3
19 5-QR 5
2oP-QKt4(h)
20 KtxQBP
21 KtxR
22RxKt
22 Castles QR
23 R— QB sq
23 P— QKt 3??
24Q-QB3
25B-R6
26Q-B4
24 K— Kt sq
25 Kt— Q 4
26 P— QB 3
27 B—B 4 ch
27 Kt— B 2
28 BxKt ch
28KxB
29 Q— B 4 Mate
GAME No 31.
White.
Black.
Signorina Fagan.
Miss Thorold.
1P-K4
iP— K4
2 B—B 4
2 B—B 4 (a)
3 P^QKt 4
3 B-Kt 3(b)
4 Kt-KB 3
4 P~Q 3 (c)
5P-B3
5 Kt-KB 3
6P-Q3
6B— Kts
7 P-KR 3
7R—R4
8 P-Kt 4
8B- Kt3
9B-KKt5
9 P-KR 3
10B-R4
10 Q-Q 2
n P— R 4
11P— R3
12 QKt— Q 2
13 Kt-Kt 3
12 Kt— B3
i3P-Q4(d)
14 KtxP
14 PxP
15Q--Q2
15 Kt— B 5
16 Castles QR (e)
16 Kt— Kt 7 (t)
17 B-Kt 3
17 P— B 3
18 KR-Kt sq
18 Kt— B 5
(a) Not as good as the usual 2 P — Q 4, for if
black replies correctly 2... P — Q 4, white has
nothing better than to exchange Pawns and
thus brine about an old-fashioned variation,
now hardly ever practiced because it is too apt
to result in a draw (3 P — K 5, P— QB 4, with
the superior game.
(b) In close openings this move should al-
ways be reserved until the Q B P has been
advanced.
(c) Loss of time, of course. P— Q 4 was
proper.
(d ) PxP. followed by B — Kt 3, was a more
natural continuation.
(e) Kt— B 3 was clearly better.
(/) Black is continually violating all princi-
ples of development. Instead of this and the
next move she should play B— Q 3 and then
Castle.
( £ ) B— Q 4 would have won the exchange.
If 19... Kt— KB 3, then 20 KR— K sq.
(A) 20 KtxP, Br-B 3 ; 21 Kt— B 5, Q— R 4
(KtxKt; 2? BxKt, B— K5; 23 P— B 3 wins),
22 P — Q Kt 4 would have won easily, for if 22...
KtxQBP, then 23 Q— Kt 2 ; if 22... Q— Kt 3,
then 23 KtxKt; and if 22... Q — R 6, then 23
B—B sq.
King's Bishop's Opening.
19 BxKt
20 KR— K sq ch
21P-Q4
22 P-Q 5
23 P-R 5
24 R— K 2
25 PxP e. p.
26 P— Q 6 (h)
27BXB
28 Q— Q 5 ch
29 QxR ch
30 Q— Q 5 ch
31 QR-K sq
19PXB
20 K — B sq
21 B—B 2
22 Kt— K 2
23 B— R 2
24 P— QKt 4
25 PxP (g)
26 Kt— Kt 3
27 KxB (i)
28 K— B sq
29K-B2
30 K— B sq
Resigns
(a) Kt— KB 3 (the Berlin defence) is con-
sidered more advantageous.
(b) If 3... BxP; 4 P— KB 4 (MacDonnall's
double gambit) with a powerful attack, although
not altogether sound.
(c) Kt— QB 3 would turn the game into an
Evans declined.
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(d) So far no fault can be found for the con-
duct of the game. Both parts display sound
judgment.
(e) Castling on his side appears to be rather
bola in view of the advanced Pawns.
{/) Incomprehensible ! P — B 3 followed by
Kt — K 2, was her play.
(g) An error. Black should have retaken
with the Bishop. Still, after 26 QxP, white
would have an excellent position, with a Pawn
to the good.
(A) Decisive. White's conduct of the attack
bespeaks well of the talent of the Signorina.
(1) If QxB, then 2S P-Q 7.
GAME No. 32. French Defence.
White.
Miss Eschwege.
1 P-K4
2 P-Q 4
3 P-K 5 (a)
4 Kt-KB 3
5 P-B 3
6P-QKt3(b)
7 P-QR 4
8 B— QKt 5
9 Castles
10 BxKt
11 QKt-Q 2
12 Q— K 2
13 QPxP
14 Kt~K 5
15 QxB
16 R— Kt sq
17PXP
18 Kt— B3(e)
19 Q-Kt 3
20 Kt-K 5 (f)
21 B-R3
22 BxR
23 KR— Ksq
24 P-B 3
*5 Q-Kt 5
Black.
Miss Watson.
1 P-K 3
2 P-Q 4
3 P-QB 4
4 Kt-QB 3
5 Q-Kt 3
6 B-K 2 (c)
7 P-QR 4
8B-Q2
9 P-B 3
ioPxB
11 Kt— R3
12 R— QB sq (d)
13BXP
14 BxKt
15 Castles
i6PxP
17 P-B 4
18 Kt— B 2
19PXP
20 BxP (g)
21 B— Kt 4
22 RxB
23 Kt-Q 3 (h)
24 Kt— B 4
25 Kt— K 6
26 Kt— Kt 4
27 K-K 5
28 K— R sq
29QR-Ksq
30KXP
31 Kt— B 6 ch
32 Kt— K 8
26 Kt— B 4
27 P— Q 6 ch
28 B-- B 5
29 QxP
30 Q-Kt 4
31 K-R sq (i)
Resigns
(a) Generally considered premature.
(6) Providing for an additional support of the
Queen's Pawn by BKt 2 ; the drawback to this
move is that the Queen is cut off from QR 4-
The usual play is BQ 3
(c) Black could obtain a direct advantage by
6 PxP ; 7 PxP, B Kt 5 ch, whereas her game is
now inferior.
(d) One would expect QRKt sq instead.
(e) Giving up a Pawn for the attack.
(/) If Ktx P then RxB.
(jT) This gives a Pawn but loses the exchange ;
the natural move was KtxKt.
(h) The ensuing movements of the Knights
are to no purpose.
(1) Black might have lasted longer by RxKt.
Games from the Inter-State Match*
White
GAME No. 33.
Black.
Mr S. W. Bampton. Mr. Eugene Delmar.
1 P— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 B-Kt 5
4 KtxKt
5 Castles
6B-B4
7 P-Q 3
8P-B4
9 Kt-Q 2
0 Q-R 5
1 Kt-B 3
2 B-Kt 3
3 P-B 5
4 KtxKt
5R-B3
6 R-R 3
7 B-K 6(d)
8 BxP
9 BxP
2oPxB
21 P— B 6 ch (g)
22 R— KB sq
23B(R3)-B3
1 P— K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 Kt-Q 5 (a)
4PxKt
5 P-QB 3
6 Kt— K 2 (b)
7 Kt-Kt 3
8B-K2
9 P-Q 3
10 Castles (c)
11 P-Kt4
12 P— QB 4
13 Kt-K 4
14 PxKt
15 Q-Kt 3
16 P— KR 3
17 BxB
18 BxP (e)
19KXB
20 R-KKt sq (f)
21 QxP
22Q-K3(h)
23 P-B 3 (i)
Ruy Lopez.
Position after black's 16th move :
Black — Mr. Delmar.
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25 R (Bsq)-B3
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24 K — B sq
25 RxR (k)
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27Q-R7
28 Q— R 8 ch
29 R— Kt 7
30 QxQ ch
31 Q-QKt 7
32QxR
27 Q— B 2 (m)
28 K— K 2
29QXR
30 K-K 3
31 B— Kt 3
Resigns
(a) The defence, introduced by Mr. Bird, is
not altogether satisfactory, for black's QP gets
doubled and the Pawn at Q 5 is rather weak,
yet it is adopted quite frequently, for it neutral-
izes white's attack very quickly.
(b) Kt— KB 3 was much better If 7 P— K 5,
then P— Q 4 would be the answer, otherwise
black follows up with P— Q 3 or B — B 4 and
P-Q3-
(c) Black had hardly any better play. He
could not move B — K 3, on account of BxP,
followed by P — B 5, which wins a piece. White
also threatened BxP ch, followed by P — B5
with winning attack.
(</) Brilliant play. White intends to continue
with BxRP, ana therefore it was necessary to cut
off the Queen.
(e) Forced. White threatens BxKtP and
Q— R 8 or Q— R 7 mate.
(/) The only move he had. R — R sq could
not be played on account of R — Kt 3 followed
by QxR. Nor could black move P — B 3, for
Q— Kt 6 would mate on the move. White
threatened R— Kt 3 ch or Q — Kt 4 ch, followed
by Q— R 8 of R— R 8 mate.
{g) Excellent play, which enables white to
bring his QR into action. Black cannot answer
BxP, on account of Q — R 6 mate. If he moves
K— B sq, then PxB ch followed by QxKP ch
would win. If KxP, then R — B sq leads to an
almost irresistible attack
(A) Evidently he could not move Q — Kt, for
R — Kt 3 would win the Queen. He could,
however, play R— KR sq, which would have
proved satisfactory in every variation. The
text move is bad, for it enables white to mate
in two moves, as follows : RxP ch and Q — R 6
mate. Strange enough white overlooked this
continuation.
(s) He had no better play If R— KB sq,
then R — Kt 3 ch would win in short order.
{k) Q — B 2 at once was hardly any better.
White would have answered RxR ch, followed
by R — Kt 3. Black then had no other reply
than Q — Q 4, which gives identically the same
position as the text play, RxR followed by
Q-Q4.
(/) Much better was Q — Q 4 If white then
continues Q — R 7, black answers K — K sq,
followed by B — B sq.
(tn) Causes the loss of the Queen, but there
was no other defence, since white threatened
R— Kt 7, followed by Q— R 8 ch, and mate
next move.
GAME No. 34
White.
Black.
H. N. Pillsbury.
E. Kemeny.
IP-H34
1P-Q4
2P-QB4
2P-K3
3 Kt-Q B 3
3 Kt-K B 3
4 B-Kt 5
4B-K2
5P-KJ
5 P-Q Kt 3 (a)
6 Kt-B 3
6 B— Kt 2
7PxP
7 PxP
8B-Q3
8QKt-Q2
9 Castles
9 Castles
10R— Bsq
10 P— Q B 4
11 R— Ksq
11 P-B 5
12 B— Ktsq (b)
12 P— Q R 3
13 Kt— K 5
13 P-Q Kt 4
14 P— K B 4
14 Kt-K 5
15BXB
t5QxB
16 PxB
16 BxKt
17 Q— B 2
17 P-B 4
18 P— Q R 4
18 KtxKt (c)
19 BxKt
19 P-Kt 5
20 Kt— K 2
20 Q R— B sq
21 Kt— B 4
21Q-KR2
22Q-Q2
22 P-K Kt 4 (d)
23 Kt— R3
23 Q-K 2
24 Q— K 2
24 B— Qd
25Q-R5
25 R-Q B 3
26 QxP ch
26 QxQ
27 KtxQ
27 P— B 5
2$ Kt— R 3
28 PxP
29 RxK P
29 R— Q B 2
30 Kt— B 2
30 R-B 5
Queen's Gambit Declined.
31 P-K Kt 3
32 RxR
33 Kt-Q sq
34 K-B 2
35 K-K 3
36 Kt— B 2
37 Kt— R 3
38 Kt— B 4
39 R-Q Kt sq
40 K-Q 2
41 RxP
31 R— B 6
32PXR
33 K-B 2
34 K-K 3
35 K-B 4
36 P— K R 4
37 P-B 6
38 PxP
39 R— B 6 ch
40 B— K 5 re)
41 P-B 7(f)
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42 K— K 2
43 K— B sq
44 P— K6
42 R— B 6
43 P-Kt 6
44K-B3
45 K— K 2
46K-Q3
Resigns
(a) The Queen's fianchetto, once thought in-
dispensable for the defence, is nowadays not
regarded with favor by the great masters.
Castling followed soon by P — B 4 is considered
best.
(b) As played against Tarrasch at Hastings,
1895, allowing black the majority of Pawns on
the Queen's side, in order to pursue the attack
against the black centre and King's side.
(c) We do not like this exchange.
(d) Very injudic
the loss of a Pawn.
(d) Very injudicious and leading directly to
Of 2
(e) The position of his King precludes the
advance of his B P, for instance, 40... P — B 7 ;
4i KtxB ch, K-K 5 ; 42 Kt— K 3, R— B 8 ; 43
RxP, P Queens ; 44 KtxQ, RxKt ; 45 RxP and
wins.
(/) A bad break R— B 7 ch was clearly
indicated. After 42 RxR, BxR ; 43 K— K % (if
KxB, P— B 7 ; 44 Kt— Q 4 or Kt 2 ; K— K 5
wins), BxP black recovers his Pawn with
excellent winning chances.
GAME No. 35. French Defence
White.
Mr. Delmar.
1 P-K4
2P-Q4
3 PxP
4B-H
5 Kt— KB 3
6 Castles
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7 B— KKt 5
8P-B3
9 QKt-Q 2
10 Q— B 2
11KR— Ksq
12 Kt— B sq
13 BxKt
14 Kt-K 5
15 KtxKt
16 P-KKt 3
17 P— KB 4
18 P— B 5
19PXB
20 Kt— K 3
21 Kt— Kt 2 (b)
22 B— B sq (c)
Black.
Mr. McCutcheon
1P-K3
2P-Q4
3 PxP
4 B-Q *
5 Kt-KB 3
6 Castles
7B-K3
8 QKt-Q 2
9P-B3
10 K — R sq
n Q— B2
12 B— B 5
13 KtxB
14 Kt— Q 2
15 QxKt
16 B— Q3
17 QR-K sq (a)
18 P— KKt 3
19PXP
20 P— K 4
21 P-K 5
22 R— B 4
23 R-B 3
24 P— KKt 4
25 Q-R 6
26 R— B 7 (f)
27 QxRP ch
28 QxP ch
29 R— KB sq
30RXB
23Kt-R4(d)
24 B— K 2
25 Kt— Kt 2
26 Kt— K 3 (e)
27KxR
28 Kt— Kt 2
29 K— Kt sq
30 B— B 3
Resigns
(a) A palpable oversight. Either P — KB 4
or P— KKt 3 should have been played.
(b) If PxP black obtains a good attack by Rx
P followed by B— B 4.
{c ) B— K 2 followed by R— KB sq was his
best and simplest plan. The text-move, how-
ever, is good enough if followed up properly.
(d ) Playing in the hands of his opponents.
Kt— K 3 followed by B— Kt 2 and R— KB sq
would have solidified his position.
(e) White, by over-confident and careless
play, enables black to turn apparent defeat into
unexpected victory. B — B sq should have been
played first.
(/) A clever coup which wins by force.
Games from the Cup Tournament*
GAME No. 36. Queen's Gambit Declined. Notes by H. N. Pillsbury.
White.
Steinitz.
1P-Q4
2 P-QB 4
3 Kt-QB 3
4 Kt— B 3
5B-B4
6 P-B 5 (a)
7 P-KR 3 (b)
8 P-K 3
9B-R2
10 KtxKt
11 Kt-Q2
12 B— QB 4 (c)
13 PxP
14 Kt-B 3
is KxP
16 Q— Kt %
17 KR— Ksq
18 P— Kt 3
Black.
Lipschutz.
1P-Q4
2 P-K 3
3 Kt-KB 3
4&-K2
5 Castles
6 Q Kt— Q 2
7 P-QB 3
8 R— K sq
9 Kt— K 5
10 PxKt
11 P-K4
12 PxP
13 P-K 6
14 PxP ch
15 Kt— B sq
16 B— K 3
17 B— R 5 ch
18 B— B3
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19 QR-Q sq
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2iKxR
22P-KKt4
23 K— B 2
24 B— Q6
25 Q-B 2
26 K — B sq
27 KtxB
28 RxKt
29 B— B4
30 K — B 2
31 Q-Q 2
32 R-K 4
19BXB
20 RxR
21 Q— Q2
22 R— K ch
23 R-K 5
24 Kt-K 3
25 BxP ch
26 R— K 6
27 KtxKt
28 Q-K 3
29 R— K 8
30K-B
31 R-KR8
32 Q-B
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33 B-Q 6 ch
34 Q-K 2
33 K-Kt
Resigns.
(a) An idea of Steinitz, but not considered
good by most masters.
(b) 7 Kt— Q Kt 5 is futile on account of Kt—
K sq.
(c) 12 KtxP. PxP, 13 QxP, KtxP, 13 QxQ,
RxQi 14 KtxKt, etc., left the game too even
for white, who was obliged to win in order to
tie with his opponent for first place.
(d) An error, losing at least the exchange.
(<?) Better was 25 RxP, 26 KtxR.
GAME No 37. Queen's Gambit Declined. Notes by H. N. Pillsbury.
White.
Steinitz.
1P-Q4
2P-QU4
3Kt-QB3
4 Kt— B 3
5B-B4
6 P-K 5 (a)
7P-K3
8 B-Q 3
9 P-KR 3 (b)
ioPxB
11 KtxKP
12 B— K2
13Q-Q4
14 Castles
15 Q-Q 2
16 B— Kt 3
17 QR-B
18 P-K 4
19 Q-Q 4
20 PxP
21 KK— K
22 QxQ
23 Kt-Kt 5
24 Kt— B 7
Black.
Napier.
1P-Q4
2 P-K 3
3Kt— KB 3
4 B — K 2
5 Castles
6P-QB3
7 QKt-Q 2
8R— K
9 BxP (c)
10 P— K 4
11 KtxKt
12 Q— K 2
13 KKt— Q 2
14 QxP
15 Kt-KKt 3
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17 Q-K 2
18 Kt— 85(e)
19 Kt— Kt 3
20 PxP
21 Q-B 3
22 PxQ
23R-Q
24 R— Kt
25 KtxP
26 KtxP ch
27 Kt— R 5 ch
28 B— B 3
29 BxKt
30 Kt— B 6
31 B— Q6ch
32 Kt— K 8 ch
25 R— R
26 K— Kt 2
27 K— B
28 Kt— Q 4
29RxB
30 R-QKt 4
31 K— Kt 2
Resigns.
(a) A line of play sometimes adopted by
Steinitz, but generally considered premature.
(d) An error ; better was 9 P — QKt 4, and, if
Kt— R 4, then 10 B^Kt 3
(c) Black takes prompt advantage of the
situation, and his play in his 15th move can
hardly be improved upon.
(d ) Black could here prevent the only chance
of counter attacks left to white by 16 Kt — B 3,
and his omission to do so leads to disaster.
Black should continue 18...
(<?) PxP; 19 KtxP; B— K 3, and although
white has some attacking chances, black still
retains the Pawn ; the next move is an error,
after which black's game speedily goes to
pieces.
Games from the Match Between Messrs* Tchigorin and Schiffers.
GAME No 38. Ruy Lopez. Eleventh Game of the Match.
White.
Mr. Schiffers.
1P-K4
2 Kt-KB 3
3B-Kt5
4B— R4
5B-Kt3
6 Castles (a)
7P-B3
8 pH33
9 R— K sq
10 QKt-Q 2
11 Kt— Bsq
12 Kt-Kt 3
13 B-Kt 5
14B-K3
J5 P-QR 4
Notes by M. Tchigorin, translated from the Novoye Vremya
Black.
Mr. Tchigorin,
1 P— K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 P-QR 3
4 P-QKt 4
5 B-Kt 2
6P-Q3(b)
7B-K2
8Kt-B3
9 Castles
10 Q— Q 2
1 r QR— K sq
12 B— Q sq
13 P-R 3
14 Kt— K 2
15 Kt— Kt 3
16 PxP
17 Q-B sq
18 Kt-B 5 (c)
19 P— Kt 4
20 R — Q sq
21 P-K 3
22 P— Q 4
23 PxQP
24 PxP
25 KtxKt
26 B-Q 4
27 Bxk
28 Kt— Kt 3 (d)
29 Q-B 4
30 K— R 2
3i Q-B 3 !
32 K— Kt sq (e)
33 Q-Q 3
16 PxP
17 K— R 2
18 Kt— Kt sq
19 P-Q 4
20 R — K 3
21P-QB3
22 KR— K sq
23 BPxP
24 KtxP
25 RxKt
26 P— Kt 3
27 RxB
28 B— Kt 3
29 Q— B 2
30 P— Kt 4
31 K— Kt 2
32 Kt-B 3 (f )
33 Kt-K 5
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35R-KBsq
36 Q-B 3 (g)
37 Q-B 6
38 KtxQ
39 Kt— Kt 8 ch
40 Kt— B 6
41 Kt— Kt 8 ch
42 Kt— B 6
43 Kt— Kt 8 ch
44KtxP
45 KtxP ch
46 KtxR
34 K— B sq
35 Q-B 3
36 Kt-Q 7 (h)
37 QxQ
38 K— K 2
39 K-B sq
40 K-K 2
41 K — B sq
42 K— K 2
43 K-Q 3? (i)
44 KtxB
45 K-K 3
46 KtxR
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47 Kt-B x ( j)
48 KtxP ch
49 Kt— B 3
50 KtxP
51 PxKt (k)
52 K-R 2
53 K— Kt sq
54 K— R 2
55 K-Kt 3
56 R— B sq
57 R— B 2
58 P-B 3
59 P-R 4
60 K— B 2
61 P— Kt 5
62 K— Kt 2
6* P— Kt 6
64 P— R 5
65 R-B 3
66 R— B sq !
67 RxB
68 P— R 6
69 P— Kt 7
7oPxB
71 P Queens
72 Q— QB 8 ch
47 Kt— Kt 6
48 K-B 3
49 P-Q 5
50 KtxKt
51 B— B 6
52 R— B 2 ch
53 B-Kt 3
54BxP
55B-K7
56 B— B 5
57 K-K 4
58 B— K 6
59 B— B 5 ch
60 K-Q 5
61 K-Q 4
62 P— Kt 5
63 B-KR 3
64 P— Kt 6
65 B— Kt 2
66BxP
67 KxR
68 K— B 4 !
69BXP
70 P— Kt 7
71 P Queens
72 K-Q 3
Drawn.
(a) In the opinion of many the defence 4...
P — QKt 4 followed by 5... B— Kt 2 is not a good
one. They are supported in this view by the
variations given by the handbooks, and also by
some analysts. It may be that the defence is
not effective, but the attempt to refute it by 6
P— Q 4 would not be advisable. For black
must not reply 6... PxP, as given in the Hand-
book, but 6... Kt— Q 5 ! 7 KtxKt (7 KtxP, Ktx
B ; 8 RPxKt, Q— K 2), PxKt ; 8QxP, P— QB4;
9 Q— K 5 ch (black threatened P— B 5), Q— K
2 ; 10 QxQ ch, KtxQ and wins the K P as P— B
5 is threatened.
[The continuation 6 P— Q 4, KtxP ; 7 BxPch,
KxB ; 8 KtxP ch, K-K sq ; 9 QxKt is hardly
favorable for white. At least the attempt to re-
cover the Pawn by 9... P — B 4, 10 Q — B 3, Q— K
2 ; 11 Castles, P — Q 3 is likely to prove fatal.—
Ed.]
(b) The German Handbook, Steinitz and
other authors consider only 6... P KKt 3,
which renders 7 P— Q 4 possible, which move,
however, is prevented by 6... P — Q 3; 7 P— Q
4, KtxP ; 8 KtxKt, PxKt and it 9 QxP, P— B 4
followed by 10... P — B 5.
(c) Menacing BxRP.
(d) Aided by his two Bishops, black can in-
stitute a direct attack against the hostile King.
Had the Kt gone to Q 4 the reply would have
been 28... P — R 4.
(e) If 32 BxP, RxB; 33 RxR, Kt— B 3; 34
QR-Q sq, KtxR; 35 RxKt, BxR ; 36 QxB,
BxP, etc.
(/) If 32... P— Q 5 then 33 Kt— R 5 ch, K-
B sq ; 34 R— R 8 ch ! etc.
{g) If 36 B-Q so, then P— Q 5; 37 B-B3,
PxP; 38 PxP, KtxKBP!; 39 RxKt! QxB; 40
QxQ, BxQ ; 41 K— B sq, BxR, black has the
superior game.
(A) His strongest move was 36... P — B 4,
which ought to have won the game.
(f) Very risky. Black would have gotten
into a very precarious position had his oppo-
nent played stronger on his 47th turn.
(/) R — K sq was his move, which would have
gained a piece although the game even then
was by no means easily won, as white would
have been left with Rook and three Pawns
against 2 minor pieces. 47 R — K sq, Kt — Kt 6;
48 Kt— B 4 ch, K— Q 2 ; 49 KtxB, K— B 2 ; 50
KtxPch, BxKt; 51 R— K 5, K— Q 3 would, of
course, give white good winning chances. For
this reason black would have better played :
47... Kt— B 7 ; 48 R— K 2, P— Q 5 ; 49 Kt— B 4
ch, K— B 2 ; 50 KtxB, P— Q 6 ; 51 R— Q 2. B—
K 5 White now must avoid the following va-
riation : 52 Kt — Q 7 (to prevent the King from
capturing the Knight via K 6), Kt— K 8 ; 53 K
— Bsq, Kt— B 6; 54 R— Q sq, Kt— R 7 ch.
Drawn game.
(k) 51 BxP. too, would not have won for
black, as white always could exchange his Rook
for one of the Bishops without losing his Q Kt P.
For instance : 52 R— Q sq, K — K 4 ; 53 RxB.
KxR ; 54 K-R 2, B-Q 4 ; 55 K— Kt 3, K-B
5 ; 56 P-R 4. K-Kt 6 ; 57 P-R 5, P— Kt 5 ;
58 P— R 6, B— Kt sq ; 59 P— B 4, KxP ; 60 P—
B 5, K-R 3 ; 61 P-B 6, P— Kt 6 ; 62 P— B 7,
etc.
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GAME No. 39 Final Game. Sicilian Defence,
(a)
White.
Mr. Tchigorin.
1P-K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 P-KKt 3
4 B-Kt 2
5 KKt— K 2
6P-Q3
7P-B4
8QPxP
9P-B5
10 P-KR 3
nKtxB
12 Castles (e)
13 P-B 3
14 P-KKt 4
15 K-R 2 (f )
16 Kt— Kt sq
17Q-K2
18 Kt-B 3
19 P-KR 4 !
aoQxP
21 Kt— Kt 5
22PXB
23O-K3
24P-Kt6
25Q-R3
26BxP(k)
27 B— Kt 5 ch
28 BxKt
29 Q— R 7 ch
Black.
Mr. Schiffers.
1P-QB4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 P-Q 3
4P-K4(b)
5 P— KB 4
6 Kt— B 3
7PxKP
8 B-Kt 5 (c)
9B-K2
10 BxKt
11 Castles (d)
12 R— Bsq
13 K— R sq
14 Kt— K sq
J5 R— QB 2
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17 Kt— B 2
18 P-Q 4
19PXP
20 Kt— K sq (g)
21 BxKt (h)
22 Kt— Q 3
23 Q-Kt 3
24 Kt— K sq
25 P-R 3 (1)
26 Kt— B 3
27 K-Ktsq
28RxB
Resigns.
(a) The King's fianchetto against the Sicilian
was already played by Steinitz against An-
derssen.
(b) This confines the adverse King's Bishop,
but also weakens his own Queen's Pawn.
(c) Leading but to an exchange of the Bishop
for a Knight.
(d) Considering that white's forces are well
posted for a King's side attack, it was perhaps
more judicious to prepare for calling on the
other side.
(e) We would prefer P — B 3, so as to pre-
vent ... Kt — p 5. Black, however, fails to avail
himself of this rejoinder.
(/) To make room for the Knight, which is
to be played to Kt 5 via Kt sq and B 3. If then
... BxKt, white obtains command of the open
KR file.
(j?) Obviously not BxP, on account of the
reply P— Kt 5.
(A) A dire necessity.
(1) Forced. Black's game is now untenable.
(k) White carried through his attack with
masterful directness, and in marked contrast
to the rather inconsequent play of his opponent.
Miscellaneous Games*
GAME No. 40. Staunton's Opening.
The subjoined was one of two games played by correspondence between the City C. C. of
New York and Newark Chess Club. Messrs. Snowalter, Nugent and Limbeck represented
the City Chess Club, while Messrs. E. Hymes and L. Sternberg played for Newark. The
second game, a Ruy Lopez, was drawn, and the match thus won by Newark. The notes to
this game are by Mr. L. Sternberg.
White
City Chess Club.
1P-K4
2 KKt— B 3
3 P-B 3
4Q-R4
5B-Kt5
6PxP
7 Castles
8P--Q4
9PxP
10 Kt-B 3 (b)
11 PxKt
" P-Q 5
13 BxB ch (c)
14 Q-Kt 3
15B-B4
16 B-Kt 3
17 QR— B sq
18Q-B4
19 Q-K 2
20 Kt— K 4
21 KtxB ch
22 Q-B 2 (e)
23 K— R sq
Black.
Newark Chess Club.
1P-K4
2 QKt-B 3
3 P-Q 4
4 P-B 3
5 Kt— K 2
6QxP
7 B-Q 2 (a)
8PxP
9Kt-K4
10 KtxKt ch
11 Q— KB 4
12P-QR3
i3QxB
14 Castles
15 Kt-Kt 3
16 B-Q 3
17 Q— R 6 (d)
18 Kt— K 4
19 P— KR 4
20 P— R 5
21 RxKt
22 KtxP ch
23 R-Q 2
24 BxBP
25 Q-B 3
26PxQ
27 PxKt
28 RxR ch
29 R — B sq ch
30 R— Q sq
31 K-Kt 2
32 R— Q 2
33 P-B 3
34 K-R 3
35KxP
24 KtxQ 5 (f )
25QxQ
26RxB
27 R-Q
28KxR
29 K— Kt sq (g)
30RXP
31 R— QR 4
32 R— R 6
33 K-B 2
34 RxP ch
35 R-B 5 ch (h)
(a) Steinifz recommended here 7 P— K 5 and
if 8 Kt— Q 4, 8 B-Q 2 ; 9 KtxKt, 9 KtxKt ;
10 R— K sqf 10 Castles OR ; 11 RxP, 11 P-QR
3 wins; but white could] play 8 Kt— K sq, 8 B —
Q 2 ; 9 Kt-R 3, P-QR 3 ; 10 P— QKt 4, Cas-
tles; 11 B — B 4, with a good game.
(b) This move was originated by Sho waiter,
who conducted the game for the City C. C, but
is not' as good as the usual BxB ch, as it al-
lows black to double white's KBPs.
{c) If 13 QB— B 4, PxB ; 14 QxR ch, K—
B2 wins.
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(d) This decides the fate of white's game,
threatening Kt R 5.
(e) This seemingly strong move is only fur-
thering black's plans to wind up for the end
game.
i f) Threatening Q B 3 ch, followed by Kt K
7 ch.
(g) Any other move would only draw.
(h) After this move the Newark Chess Club
received no further answer, and while Mr. Sho-
walter admitted in private conversation that he
had resigned the game, no official communica-
tion from the City Chess Club to that effect has
been received.
GAME No. 41. Ruy Lopez. Notes by Edward Hymes.
Awarded the brilliancy prize at the meeting of the New Jersey Chess Association.
White.
Black.
J Lissner.
I. S. Loyd.
1 P-K4
1 P— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
2 Kt-QB 3
3 B-QKt 5
3 P-Q 3
4P-Q4
4 PxP
5 Castles (a)
5 B-Q 2
6 P-QB 3 lb)
6 PxP
7KtxP
7 Kt— K 4
8 KtxKt
8PxKt
9Q-Q5
9 P-QB 3
10 QxP ch
10 Q— K 2
iiQ-KKt3(c)
12 Rt-Q 5
11 PxB
12 Q-QB 4
13 Kt-B 7 ch
13 K-Q sq
14 KtxR
14 Q-QB sq
15B-K3
15 QxKt
i6KR-Qsq
17 Q-Kt 5 ch
16 P— QKt 3
17 Kt-B 3(d)
18 P— K 5
18 P— KR 3
19 Q-KR 4
19 P— KKt 4
20 BxKKt P
20 R— Kt sq
21 BxKtch
21 K— K sq
22 P— KKt 3
22 R— Kt 5
GAME No 42.
Played in the Continei
White.
Black.
Mr. Narraway.
Mr. L'hommede*.
1 Kt— K B 3
1 P-Q 4
2P-Q4
2 Kt— K B 3
3 P-K 3
3 P~K 3
4 P-Q B 4
4B-K2
5 Kt-B 3
5 Castles
6 P-Q R 3 (a)
6 PxP
7 BxP
7P-B4
8 Castles
8 P-Q Kt 3(b)
9PxP
9 BxP
10 P— Q Kt 4
10 B— K 2
1 1 B— Kt 2
11 Q— B2 (c)
12 Q-Kt 3
12 B-R 3 (d)
13 Kt-Q Kt 5
13 Q-Kt 2
14 Q R— B sq
14 BxKt
15 BxB
15 P-Q R 3
16 B-Q 3
16 Q Kt-Q 2
17 Kt-Q 4
17 Q R-B sq (e)
18 KtxP (f )
18 PxKt
i9QxPch
19 R— B 2
20 RxR ch
20 QxR
21 R— Q B sq
21 Q— K sq
22 BxKt
22 PxB (g)
23 BxQ R P (h)
23 K— B sq (i)
24 B-Kt 5
24 B— Q sq
25 Q-Q B 6
25 Q-K 4 (k)
23 RxB (e)
24 QR-Q sq
25 RxB ch
26 KR— Q 7
27 R— Q 8 ch
23RXQ
24 B— K 2
25 K— B sq
26 K— Kt sq
Resigns.
(a) A decided novelty and worthy of consid-
eration.
(b) KtxP would here bring about a well-
known variation. The text-move produces an
anomaly, the Scotch gambit idea being tacked
on to the Spanish attack.
(c) White here scorns the proffered exchange
of Queens, and proceeds to tangle up his op-
ponent in truly brilliant style. The sacrifice of
the Bishop is the inaugural coup of a series of
master strokes.
(d) If K— Ksq; 18 RxB, KxR ; 19 R-£
sq ch, and wins.
(e) Simply beautiful. From the eleventh
move white's play has been of the highest
order, and this last bit of ingenuity serves to
make the game a gem of the purest water.
Zukertort Opening.
Correspondence Tourney.
Position after black's 17th move.
Black — Mr. G. A. L'hommede.
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27 RxRi
28 QxR
29 K — B sq
30 B— B 4
26 B— B 2 (l)
27 RxR
28 QxR P ch
29 Q-K 4
30 Q-K 2
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185
31 QxQ ch
32 P-B 4
33 K-K 2
34K-B3
35 K-Kt 4 (m)
3iKxQ
32 K-Q 3
33B-Qsq
34 K-K 2
Resigns
(a) B — Q 2, B — K 2 or B — Q 3 was preferable.
The move selected turns out all right, since
black played PxP, which should not be done
until white develops his K B.
(b) Kt — B 3, followed by B — Q 2, was, per-
haps, better.
(c) QxQ, followed by B— Kt 2, and Kt— Q
2 or Kt— B 3, was more likely to secure a draw
for black. T he text move puts the Queen into
a somewhat exposed position.
(d) B— ^Q 2 or B— Kt 2 was hardly any bet-
ter. White, with Q R — B sq, obtains a power-
ful attack, and black cannot well develop the
Queen's wing on account of his Queen being in
danger.
{e) Looked quite promising, and would have
proved satisfactory had it not been for the
brilliant continuation white had on hand. See
diagram :
(/) Brilliant and sound play. White gets
the K P and K B P for the Kt, and he will win
the Q R P. In addition to this, black will be
obliged to give up the piece. The play bears
evidence that white has seen through the com-
bination to the end.
(g) He could not play KtxB on account of
R — B 8 winning the Queen.
(h) Much better, then, R— B 7, in which case
black would have replied Kt — B sq. White
then could not play QxKt P on account of
B — Q sq. The text play threatens R — B 8 as
well as B— Kt 5.
(0 If 23... Kt— B sq ; 24 QxKt P, R— B 8 or
Q— Kt 3, followed by R— B 8 and B— B 4. The
move selected seems better for the defence.
(&) Kt — K 4 was hardly any better. White's
reply would have been Q — K 5, followed
eventually by R — B 8.
(/) Black could not save the piece. The
B — B 2 move is probably best, for it wins the
K RP.
(m) White threatens B— Kt 8. If 35... K— B
sq ; 36 K— B 5, eventually K— K 6, K^-Q 7,
and he will force a win on the Queen's wing.
GAME No. 43. Double Ruy Lopez.
Played by Messrs. Bampton, Shipley, Stuart and Young (Pennsylvania) against Messrs. Pills-
bury, Hodges, Rogers and El well (New York) on their way home aboard the railroad train.
White.
Pennsylvania.
1 P— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3B-Kt5
4 Kt-B 3
5 Castles
6 P-Q 3 (a)
7 Kt-K 2
8P— B3
9 Kt-Kt 3
0B-R4
iP-Q4(b)
2 PxKP (d)
.3 KtxKt
4 Kt-Kt 5
5 B— B 2 (e)
<> QxQ (f )
7 P-KB 3
8 PxP
9 Kt— R 3
20B-KB4
21 KtxR
22 B— Kt 3
23 Kt— K 2
24 Kt— Q 4
25 QR-Q sq
26 P— KKt 4
27 KR— K sq
28 Kt-Kt 5(g)
29 Kt— Q 4
30 P— KR 3
Black.
New York.
1 P-K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 Kt-K 3
4 B-Kt 5
5 Castles
6 P-Q 3
7 Kt— K 2
8B-R4
9 P-B 3
10 B— B 2
11 P-Q 4(c)
12 KtxP
13 PxKt
14 B— B4
15 Q-Q 4
i6PxQ
17 P-KR 3
18 B -KKt 3
19 KBxP
20 BxB
21 HxP
22 P— KKt 4
23 P— B 4
24 R-B 3
25 R-QB sq
26 P— B 5
27 K-Bsq
28 P— R 3
29 Kt— B 3
30 Kt-QR 4
31 B— B 2
32 B— Kt 3
33 PxKt
34R-Q2
35 PxP
36 R— R 2
37KxR
31 R— K sq
32 KtxB
33 P-KR 4
34 PxP
35 R-R 3
36RXR
37K-B2
38 Resigns, for black cannot be prevented from
R— KR sq ch, followed by R— R 5 or R— R 8
ch, both winning easily.
(a) If 6 Kt— Q 5, KtxKt; 7 PxKt, P— K 5,
with the better games.
{6) B — B 2 would have preserved the uni-
formity of positions.
(c) An excellent rejoinder.
(d) KtxP was better.
(e) White should have exchanged Queens
first. Now black maintains the Pawn, while
white's King's Pawn must fall.
(/) If 16 Q--K 2, QxP ; 17 P— KKt 3, KR—
K sq, and white dare not take the Pawn, for if
18 KtxP, Kt— Kt 3 ; 19 P— B 3, B- R 6 threaten-
ing P — B 4. The check at QB4 would be of no
avail, as the Knight is still pinned.
{g) Black plays the remainder rather aim-
lessly, but the game is untenable.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
GAME No. 44. Ruy Lopez.
White.
J. Hilton.
1 P-K4
aKt-KB3
3B— Kt 5
4 Castles
5P-Q4
6 PxP (a)
7P-QR4
SPxKt
9 R— K ch
10 Kt-B 3
1 1 B— B 4
"Q-Q3
13 Q-RQ sq
SfcScV"
I6Q-B3
17 6— Kt 3
iSPxB
19 Q-Kt 3
aoP— KB 4
ar QxKtP
aa P— KB 3
a3 KxKt
24 BxB
as B-Kt 3
a6 K— Kt
27 K— Kt a
'9K-R3
30 R— KKt
3iB-K5!(i)
%2 K-Kt 3
33 K-B a !
34RxPch
35 R— KR !
36 QxQ
Black.
H. P. Colebatch.
Q— Q ach
R-Ku(j)
(d) Well played, obtaining a free game.
(*) Finely played ; if BxB, then Kt— K6wins.
(/) Again very good and sound.
ig) Vigorously followed up.
[A) Black has gained more than an equivalent
for his pia e in Pawns, and ought now to win.
The present move, however, is an error, the in-
genious rejoinder not having been anticipated ;
Q— Kt 3 or KR— Kt would have won.
(f) A beautiful move, which it is very diffi-
cult to answer. From this point white's play is
of a high order.
(/} Specious, but unsound, as white's play
shows : R— K 7 is the correct play, e. g. :
3a ... 3a R— K 7
33 B-B 3
If 33 R— K, then RxR ; 34 RxR, Q~ B 4, win-
ning the B.
and must win " Q~K ''
(*) His best move is KR— Kt, which would
have drawn. Of course, if RxQ white mates
at once by RxP ch. K— R ; R— Kt 8 ch, K*R ;
R mates.
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iR- B4,etc. 1..P-Q5; a R— K 6 ch, etc.
1... any 2 Kt— B 5 ch.
9. By Frank Nicholson: Intended 1 B—
B sq. 1 B— B d mates in two.
10 By Emil Hoffmann ; 1Q-R1, P— K
3; a B— K 3. etc. 1... KxKt; a Q— B a ch.
1... KxB; a Q-K 6. 1... RxB ; a Q— B 7 ch. *
11. By W. A. Shinkman (with white P at K
6 and R at K Kt a) : 1 Kt— Q sq. Not solvable
as printed.
1 a. By W. A. Shinkman (with white B at
KR a) : 1 Q— Kt a.
13. By Geo. C. Carpenter : 1 Kt— Q 4.
14. Ky Walter Pulitzer : 1 K — Kt 7.
15. Bv S. Lovd : 1 Q— K 8.
16. By Emil Hoffmann : 1 Q— Kt 5
17. By Alain C. White : 1 Kt— Kt 4. K—
B 6 ; a Q— Q sq, etc. 1... P— Q 3 or 4 ; a Q— B
3orBach. 1... P-B 6 ; a Q— Q 6. 1... P— R
7 ; a P— B a ch, etc
Solutions.
(June, 1897, pp. 61-64, No. 1-17.)
1. By W. A. Shinkman (with black P at K
Kt 41 : ' R— B 6. KtxR ; a R— R 8 ch, K— B
1 ; 1 Kt-Q 8 ch. K moves; 4 Kt-K 6, K-B 2\
j Kl-Kt 5 mate. If 1... PxR ; a R— Q a ch.
Kt in ; 3 RxKt. etc. As printed, there is a sec-
ond solution by 1 R — R 8 ch.
2. By W. A. Shinkman : 1 RxP, KtxR; a
BtKi, P-R 5 ; 3 R— K 3, K— B 4 ; 4 R— Kt
3 mate. 1... Kt— Kt 6; a RxKt, K-R4 ; 3 R—
B 4. K-Kt 5 ; 4 B— Kt 6 mate. I .. P— R 4 ;
1R-B4 Kt-Kt6; ^Bch.etc. i.-.K— R4;
1 R— B a ; 3 R— B 5 ch, etc.
i. By A. H. Robbink: i Q— R 7, K moves ;
* Kt-R 4, KxKt; 3 Q-K Kt 7, etc., or 3...
K-B 3 ; 3 K— Q 6, etc., or a... K— K 3 ; 3 B—
Q 6, etc. 1... P— R s; a Q— B 7 ch, K moves ;
3 Q-K 6, etc.
4, By Phil Richardson : 1 B— Q sq. P— Q
4;aB-KB3, P- Q 5; 3 P— B 7 ch, K— R a ; 4
Q-R 4, BxP mate.
5 ByW A. Shinkman: i Q— R sq P— B
3or4; 3Q— R 8 ch, or K-B 3, etc
6. ByW. A Shinkman: i K-Kt a, Kt-
Kich; 1 KtxKt, etc. 1... P— R s ; a R— B 5
ch, etc. 1... Kt— B7;a R— Q 4 ch. 1... Kt—
K s ; 1 Kt— K 3. etc.
7- By A. H Robbins : I R— Q sq, K— Q 5 ;
i Kt-B 5, etc. 1 ... B<Kt; 2 KtxB ch. 1... B-
K 1 ; a Kt— B 6 ch.
8. By Otto Wurzburg : 1 R— B 6, K— Q 6;
Kts.RxKtorQ— B7ch.
1... any other a P— K 4.
19. By Emil Hoffmann: 1 R— R 6. KxR
(B6);a RxPch. t... KxR (Q 4); a Q— R 4 ch.
1... BjiR ; a P— B 4 ch ; 1 .. PxP ; a Q— K 7 ch.
r... B— R4; a R— B 4. 1... any other iQ-R
4, etc.
30. By Geo. C. Carpenter : Intended 1
Q— QR 8. Stopped by 1... R— QB 3.
at. By Ai aim C. White : 1 Q— B 5.
aa. By Lee Windle : 1 R— R 5
Correction!.
In Problem No 45 a black Knight should be placed
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Black.
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52. By Alain C. White, New York.
Black.
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53. By Dr W. R I Dalton.
Inscribed to Major J. Moore Hanham.
Black.
White.
54. By G. Liberali, Patrasso.
Black.
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Black.
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58. By Otto Wurzburg.
Black.
59. By Dr. O. F. Jentz.
Black.
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Black.
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Black.
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64. By C. E. Lindraark. 65. By Charles L. Fitch
Black. Black.
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67. By M. Lissner.
Dedicated to Mr. S. R. London, Richmond, Va.
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69. By Dr. J. H. Graham, Chicago.
Black.
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70. By W. A Shinkman.
Black.
71 By W. Meredith.
Black.
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Mate in 4.
By Conrad Bayer.
Black.
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Mate in 4.
By Emil Hoffmann.
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White.
Mate in 4.
By Theodor Herlin.
Black.
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75. By M. Lissner
Solution contest in Thousand Islands, 1897
Black.
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White.
Mate in 3.
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CHESS MAGAZINE.
Vol. I.
September, 1897.
No. 4.
The Nativity Clause.
T _ T E print elsewhere a circular let-
III ter by the Brooklyn Chess Club
V^I^X inviting advice and co-opera-
tion of all the important Amer-
ican Chess Clubs in preparing for the
next cable match, with a view not only to
disperse all doubts as to the thorough in-
ternational character of the contest, but
also to bring together the most representa-
tive as well as strongest team of players
the country can produce. As a means to
restore harmony, and to bring about a
much-desired solidarity, this is a step in
the right direction, and the directors of the
Brooklyn Club cannot enough be com-
mended for subordinating their pride to
the good of the cause. There also will be
a distinct gain in the number of candidates
eligible on the team, as possibly some of
the players who held themselves aloof will
now be reconciled. But whether or not
success will be insured, future alone can
tell. The Newnes trophy was both won
and lost by the narrowest possible margin,
and who can positively say that Brooklyn
would have won with a different team?
At the conclusion of the match the man-
agers of the Brooklyn Club were caviled at
for selecting the players at Boards 8 and 10
instead of Mr. Shipley or Mr. Bampton.
These two players are admittedly stronger,
but can they demonstrate their superiority
in one single game? While we confidently
expect to see some ot the Philadelphia
players on next year's team, and while we
fervently hope that they, as well as the
rest, will win, we cannot take it fbr granted
that their presence will make victory an
absolute certainty.
But, it is said, the team will be a repre-
sentative one. This, too, we must deny,
and deny so long as the absurd nativity
clause remains in force. We are not speak-
ing of wandering birds, but of our adopted
citizens, who have their homes, their fami-
lies, their business in this country, who are
and feel themselves Americans even if they
have seen light first across the ocean. Is
not Shinkman an American composer
(and one of the greatest, too) ? Is he not
recognized as such all over the world,
notwithstanding that his cradle stood in
Bohemia ? There is Mr. Philipp Richard-
son ; for more than twenty years he has
been identified with American chess, has
been classed with the foremost American
players and composers, yet he is not al-
lowed on the team. Mr. Judd has always
been one of the recognized American cham-
pions, and he was thought a good enough
American to represent the United States at
Vienna in his capacity as Consul General.
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Yet he is ineligible on the cable team.
Foreign-born citizens have represented,
apd are still representing us in the Legisla-
tures, in Congress, in Senate and as Min-
isters abroad. As Mayors they have ruled
over the biggest cities, as (Governors over
the largest States ; as Justices of the high-
est courts they have laid down the law for
the land ; they have done all this, they are
still doing so, they may do so forever, but
they must not play a game of chess for this
country !
There is but one proper and consistent
test, that of citizenship, and so long as
men like Judd, Richardson, Sternberg,
Lipschutz, Kemeny and others are barred,
no American team can be representative or
strong.
Let all those who do not agree with us,
let them behold that masterwork of archi-
tecture, the Brooklyn Bridge, and when
they say from their very heart, this is a
triumph, not of American, but of French
or German engineering, because John A.
Roebling happened to be born in Alsace,
then, but not until then, shall we recede
from our position.
A Scientific Hint for Women Players*
«
Verily, this is a world of strange hap-
penings, and still stranger explanations.
Many conservative men (a lair corre-
spondent avers they are brutes more or
less) have strongly contested the claim
that a woman could play a consistently
good game at chess. They persistently
declare that, though the play of this or
that woman may be, at times, of a fair
order, it is inevitably erratic, and subject
to those illogical aberrations which science,
as exemplified in chess, most severely
frowns upon. Now, if there is any founda-
tion for this charge, it is evident that the
women's game must be affected by some
extraneous cause that does not influence
the men, and there has been much puzzled
inquiry as to what that cause can be. It has
remained for the Troy Times to solve the
great mystery. It declares, on the author-
ity of " a great scientist" — what a pity we
do not know his name — that the cause of
the present intellectual activity of our
women-folk is due to the use of wire hair-
pins ! He explains the matter in a charm-
ingly lucid manner which, as so often
happens with scientific explanations, leaves
the unscientific reader in rather more of a
muddled entanglement than ever, but
when (< boiled down" it amounts to this :
That the wire hairpins excite "counter-
currents of electricity," whatever they
may be, and so bewilder the wearer's brain
with strange vagaries, and lead them to do
whimsical things. Now, it would be well
for players to take note of this, for the
41 wire hairpin" theory explains many
things. It is evident that when a woman
wears a handful of wire hairpins there is
an amount of electrical disturbance going
on around her scalp that puts good chess
out of the question. When she wears
shell contrivances her head is clear and
cool, and she plays the fine, winning game
her friends admire. So, in future tourna-
ments, one of the rules governing the play
should be: "All ladies-players are re-
quested to wear shell hairpins."
The Steinitz
The following circular has been issued by
the Metropolitan Chess Club :
While in former times those who " had
climbed the steep of Fame's proud temple."
received the reward of their labors only in
flattering obituary encomiums, posthumous
monuments and other uncurrent pay, our more
practical age has introduced the laudable cus-
tom of voicing its gratitude to them while still
in the flesh by the proffer of testimonials, the
jingling proceeds of which may cheer their de-
clining years ; thus, meritorious authors, actors,
musicians and others, whose labors have in-
creased the happiness of intellectual life, have
become recipients of substantial tokens of ad-
miration and appreciation of their work. Why
should not an eminent exponent and promoter
of the noble game of chess be honored like-
wise by its votaries? And if there be one
worthy of such recognition of genius and
epoch-making achievements, it is our Mr.
Steinitz, than whom the annals of chess know
none greater and who has borne the proud
title of World's Champion for a generation.
As Dame Fortune, who " rarely condescends
to be companion of Genius," has not smiled
upon this master, the Metropolitan Chess
Club, honored by his membership, and trusting
that all congenial minds throughout this broad
land will cheerfully give their co-operation, has
arranged an entertainment in his behalf, which
will take place on Saturday, October 16, at the
Central Opera House, of this city.
A number of tickets will be forwarded to you
with this, of which it is confidently hoped you
will dispose, sending the proceeds to Isaac
Dobriner, treasurer, 207 Greene Street, New
York, N. Y.
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chess papers does not pay. A striking
i illustration of the fallacy of this "does not
¥iy ' ' theory has just been brought to light
he Jeweler's Circular of Sept. i, 1897,
contains a cut of the Ottendorfer chess
cup from a photograph loaned by the
American Chess Magazine, accom-
panied by an article which, alter describing
the design and ornamentation of the trophy,
concludes with the following remarks :
By WILLIAM BORSODL " We are convinced that American sil-
versmiths could have produced just as art-
Publication Office, istic and undoubtedly more original work
9I2-9U Rue Street, - - - Philadelphia, Pa. l>ad they been requested to do so ; this the
.r . «= t, , r- donor appreciates, and it was by reason of
New York Office, 5 Beekman Street. aQme ^^ circumstances lha't the ordcr
was placed in England."
EDITED BY T£e makenj pattormi & SoHS, SUver-
CHARLES PEVTDE, smiths, of Bradford, England, constantly
with the oopiRATinN or keep before a chess-playing public their
w. b. pillsbvry. j. w. SHOWALTEB, namfs «* designers of trophies and medals
a. B. bodges, s. BTMBS, specially suitable for chess by advertising
w. p. SBtPLBY, p. m. teed, in chess periodicals, and naturally their
w. a. 8BINKMAN, w. pulitzeb. name suggested itself when the occasion
Yearly Subscription $3.00 ar<**' . .. ... . .
Sis Months, 2.oo American silversmiths may do just as
Three Months as w or even Detler> Dut 3° **r tney ^ve
c-„ 1- <~ ~:~ f ' . hidden their light under the bushel, and
Single Cop,*. . ■ ■ ■ ■ . . . soCmf ^ ^ J* „ ^^ tImadr^ „
Advertising Rata on Application, having been beaten out by their more saga-
— ' ' -~ cious competitors, who address the chess
Special Notice to Secretaries and Others. world through the proper medium, the
The Hon. Secretaries or other mem-
bers of chess clubs will confer a favor by *
promptly sending to this office full scores
and all such matters as they desire to have The question, how to play when receiv-
published. jng odds, is one of the broadest interest to
The American Chess Magazine will m0st amateurs. Of course, when large
be most careful, in reporting all matches, odds, such as Rook or Knight, are con-
etc, to have the names of the players cor- ceded, little more can be given the inferior
rectly spelled. Mistakes, however, are piayer than general advice, such as to aim
almost certain to occur, unless there is a at a rapid development of pieces, not to
club book on hand for reference- Secre- bring out the Queen too early in the game,
tanes would do us a great favor if they not to be too eager to exchange pieces or
would send us their club book. to cling to the advantage in material at all
hazards, etc. It is, however, different with
games at odds of Pawn and move or Pawn
and two moves. The odds-giver is on the
defensive and limited in his choice of open-
ings, and the theory can teach white how to
maintain or even increase his advantage,
ind point out to him incidental snares and
pitfalls. The treatment of this part of
chess is rather neglected in modern books,
while previous writings on the subject are
either inadequate or obsolete. It will there-
fore be welcome news for many of our
There is an impression among [
men that advertising in a chess magazine
does not pay, although the element which
constitutes its readers and subscribers would
seem most desirable to reach ; they belong
to the better classes and are mostly men of
means ; besides, they peruse every chess
periodical from cover to the last page, pre-
serve it in their libraries and have often
occasion to refer to it years afterwards. Yet
the current saying is that advertising i
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readers that, beginning with the next issue,
we shall print a synopsis of the openings at
the odds of Pawn and move and Pawn and
two.
A correspondent from Tacoma, Wash.,
writes that Mr. Dewey, of that city, is hap-
pily very much alive, was married this
summer in Rome, N. Y., and is now in
Tacoma in the best of health and spirits.
The obituary notice on p. 108 referred to
Prof. Dewey, his father.
The intense hatred between Czechs and
Germans is reflected even in Bohemian
chess columns, which never exult more
than over the defeat of a German player,
especially if at the hands of a Slavic
opponent. But as these latter cases are
few and far between, the editors have to
draw on their imagination. Zlata Praha
publishes a Muzio gambit said to be
played between Tchigorin and Tarrasch
after the St. Petersburg match, the Rus-
sian winning brilliantly in 27 moves.
Tchigorin played the game sure enough, but
not against Dr. Tarrasch, but against one
Davidow in 1891. Patriotic Bohemians,
however, will peruse the game with the
same keen satisfaction with which old-time
Bowery theatre-goers used to witness the
triumph of the virtuous Irish hero over
the English villain.
The decision of the managers of the
State Chess Association in the dispute over
the games for the Ottendorfer Cup would
have been an excellent one had it been
rendered in first place, after the tie game
had resulted in a draw. In the absence of
any definite rules, the Board of Managers
quite properly assumed authority of order-
ing a supplementary match, and once
having done so they should have adhered
to their position. — Some men would rather
be beaten over the board than win on a
technicality, but chivalry cannot be made
compulsory. The chess world at large
will regret that the games ordered by the
Association will not be produced ; whether
or not this or that club holds the cup is a
matter of absolute indifference to the public.
Publisher's Announcement*
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Letters to the Editor*
New York, Aug. 31, 1897.
Editor American Chess Magazine :
Sir : — American Chess Magazine No. 3 is
beautiful. I hope that years from now — many
years — you will still be able to chronicle under
the heading of "The Quick and the Dead":
"American Chess Magazine (W. Borsodi),
June, 1897 — ?" with no necessity tor the ques-
tion mark.
If the American Chess Magazine as now
placed before the public should share the fate
of its predecessors, it would be difficult to esti-
mate the extent of the setback chess interests
would receive, for it would mean that no chess
magazine would be supported and that would
mean that the new life and zest which has been
noticeable all over the chess field since the
birth of your magnificent chronicler would soon
fade away. A good chess publication covering
the field thoroughly, such as the American
Chess Magazine does, is just indispensable to
the lovers of the greatest of known games.
Your article about chess by telegraph is in-
teresting. I would like to see more of it be-
tween clubs in the far separated cities. It will
surely come, and many more good things will
come if the American Chess Magazine keeps
on making suggestions and those who should
be interested do half of their part.
Yours truly,
F. C.
The Ladies' Chess Club,
185, Tottenham Court Road, W.,
August 14th, 1897.
Dear Sir : — I am charmed with the Amer-
ican Chess Magazine. Never before has
such care and attention been bestowed upon
the production of accounts and engravings
appertaining to the royal game of chess, and
I beg you to accept my heartiest congratula-
tions and best wishes for the future of your
beautiful work, which fills a long-felt want. I
shall make it known among all my chess
friends.
Yours very truly,
Rhoda A. Bowles.
Worcester, Mass., August 20, 1897.
The last game of my match, I desire to call
to your attention as I think it introduces a new
variation or rather kills an old variation of the
Ruy Lopez. Following is the game which
follows exactly move for move a variation
given in Lasker's "Common Sense in Chess,"
up to black's 8th move, when black, G. R.
Macnamara, played K — B sq instead of Castles,
as Lasker gives.
Perry. Macnamara.
1 P— K 4 1 P— K 4
2 Kt— KB 3 2 Kt-QB 3
3 B-Kt 5 3 Kt— B 3
4 Castles 4 KtxP
5 R-K 5 Kt-Q 3
6Kt— QB3 6KtxB
7 KtxP 7 B— K 2
8 Kt—Q 5 8 K— B sq
Of course, now black is a clear piece ahead.
How can white win his piece back ? If KtxKt ;
9 QPxKt, KtxB ; 10 B— K 3 winning Knight
We can find no variation by which white
regains his piece or gets an even game. Will
you kindly let us hear from you about this?
Should be glad to see a full analysis in " Maga-
zine," if you think it of enough importance.
Yours Respectfully,
E. R. Perry, Secretary.
Mr. Macnamara1 s move seems to be
efficient. White regains his piece by 9
Q— R 5, KtxKt ; 10 KtxB, P— Q 3 (if
QxKt ; 11 RxKt) ; 11 KtxB, QxKt (this is
better than RxKt; 12 P — KB 4, where-
upon black surrenders the piece best by
12... Kt—Q 6); 12 P— KB 4, Q— Kt 5 ;
13 RxKt, QxQ; 14 RxQ, Kt-Q 5
threatening KtxP as well as Kt — K 7 ch,
followed by KtxKBP.
-(- Analytical Notes.
Since the appearance of the article, ' ' The
Revival of an Old Defence to the Ruy Lopez "
(7...Q PxB, A. C. M., No. 1, p. 55), our atten-
tion has been called to white's 18th move
Kt— R 4 which, though given as best in the
"Handbuch" is really the source of white's
troubles. An examination leads us to the
belief that white may improve upon his play by
18 Kt— K 5 ch, K— K 2 ; 19 Kt— Kt 4, Q— Kt 3 ;
20 QxQ, RxQ ; 2r P— K R 3, and white's Pawn
plus should outbalance any advantage derived
by black from the possession of the K Kt file.
In reference to Sho waiter's attack in this
variation 10 P— K Kt 4, Kt — R 3, the continua-
tion 11 BxKt, PxB would leave black in the
possession of two Bishops against two Knights.
The two sets of doubled Pawns are hardly a
serious disadvantage, while white's King's side
is compromised by the advance of the Kt P,
and endangered by the open file in command
by black's Rook. The alternative would be 1 1
P — Kt 5 with the following continuation :
nP-Kt5 11 Kt— B4
12 P— K 6 12 PxP
13 Kt-K 5 13 B-Q 3
14 Q-R 5 ch 14 P— Kt 3
15 KtxP 15 Kt— Kt 2
16 Q— R 6 16 Kt— B 4
J7Q— R3 17 R— KKtsq
i8QxP 18 R— Kt2
19 Q— R 5 19 K— B 2
20 Kt— K 5 ch 20 K— Kt sq
21 Kt— Kt 4 21 B— K sq
22 QxB ch 22 QxQ
23 Kt— B6ch 23 K— B.2
24 KtxQ 24 RxKt
and white cannot maintain his K R P. It will
be observed that while in this line of attack
black is deprived of the rejoinder, Q— K B 3,
on account of white's Pawn at K Kt 5 ; the first
player derives no advantage from discovering
check by the Knight on his 20th move.
Early Chess Literature,
i.
Beginning with our next issue The
American Chess Magazine will publish
a series of articles on chess literature in the
XV, XVI and XVII centuries, with copious
illustrations, and a painstaking reproduc-
tion of the original steel-plates. Not only
chess players with a literary turn of mind,
but also general readers will, doubtless,
feel gratified for our opening an avenue of
access to literary treasures which otherwise
could only be reached by a pilgrimage to a
, few and for between libraries, or by dint of
laborious search and
considerable outlay
of money. The
path of a collector
of books is not one
strewn with roses,
but the chess biblio-
phile has even a
harder road to
travel.
For the chess an-
tiquary has not only
" prizes" for which
to search, as the
publications are lim-
ited in editions and
frequendy exceed-
ingly high priced,
but it takes neces-
sarily more time to
acquire rare vol-
umes than if he
were engaged in a
single special field.
Only an affection as
strong as maternal
love will prompt
him to continue in
unceasing research,
might purchase a dearly-prized work.
But there are still darker shades, and
some volumes bear an historical record as
ominous and blood-curdling as that of the
OrlofT diamond, robbery and even murder
having been committed to gain possession
of some bound print that was literally
" worth its weight in gold."
Prof. X. , when distracted at the stealing
of his Greco, having the actions and ap-
pearance of a raving madman, was asked
what he should do if his Damians was irre-
trievably lost,
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correspondence and
indefatigable investigation.
To collect five hundred volumes of fiction
in the course of a year is a trifle ; to obtain
possession of a desired tome has, in one
case at least, taken a cycle of 40 years and
the investment of several hundred dollars.
There have been tragedies anent books.
More than one bibliophile and scholar has
fallen by the wayside — laid down the bur-
den of life with his task uncompleted— and
many are the heartrending stories of col-
lectors who starved themselves that they
re-
plied frenziedly :
"Do*. I should
commit suicide. ' '
Even the inde-
pendent collector of
means and leisure
has found his avo-
cation one of infinite
vexation and pain,
surrounded with de-
lusions and with
snares (for forgeries
are not uncommon),
and illusions that
were served a s
"jokes" and a ra-
pacious greed with
which to contend
that have rendered
him despairing and
disheartened.
Francis Mercier,
who refused to sit
at the chess-board
after the rising of
what he regarded
as the wondrous
McDonnell, formed
a fine chess library
consisting mainly of rare works which was
sold after his death, in August, 1855.
There were only between two and three
hundred volumes in the collection.
More important libraries of this nature
sold by auction, during: the past quarter
century, are George Walker's, May 14,
1874; J. Rimington Wilson's, 1873; Sir
Frederic Madden* s, August, 1873; Chan-
ning W.Whitman's, May, 1874; C. E. B.
Hoverbeck's, 1876 ; Robert Franz's, 1885 ;
Vansittart's, 1886 ; George B. Fraser's,
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1875, and H. Macdonald Dundee's, in
1876. The fifth, sixth and seventh were
sold in Berlin.
The leading collections in America are
those of John G. White, Cleveland, Ohio
(the largest known in the world) ; Chas.
A. Gilberg, Eugene B. Cook, Hoboken,
N. J. ; James D. Seguin, New Orleans
Miron J. Hazeltine, New Hampshire .
Prof. George Allen, of the University of
Pennsylvania (deceased, whose labor of
love, rooo books, was purchased en bloc
by the Ridgway Branch of the Philadel-
phia Library, about 1880). In Europe,
there are those of Joseph A. Leon, of Lon-
don, and the Baron
T. V. Heydebrand
und der Lasa, Wies-
baden. The latter
gentleman has about
2500 volumes, and
the same number is
possessed by Chas.
A. Gilberg.
By favor of Mr.
C. A. Gilberg we
publish two speci-
men cuts, and to
the same gentleman
we are also indebted
for a large part of
the material which
forms the basis of
the forthcoming ar-
ticles. In due course
we shall have more
to say about his un-
surpassed collection
and about his inter-
esting personality.
The book, of which
we reproduce the
title page, is a i6mo,
printed in London, 1656, "for Henry Her-
ringman, and are to be sold at his shop, at
the sign of the Anchor, in the lower walk of
the New Exchange." It contains a preface
' ' To the Industrious Chesse Player, "prom-
ising not to trouble the reader "with
the insipid relation of the profit and pleas-
ure which may be reaped by this game of
chesse, nor as little as I can with the analogy
it really hath, with the drawing up and m-
counter of two Armies, the mysteries which
every man may and doe," and 3 poems.
Chapter I treats of the "antiquities and
inventors of this game." Some ascribe it
to Palamedes at the siege of Troy, others to
Xerxes, "but the most received opinion is
that at that siege or some other place,
blocked up by their adversaries, by some of
the most learned and experienced besiegers,
meeting and clubbing their inventions
together, this inimitable game was found
out." The next chapters give the "shapes,
names and places of the chesse-men," and
we may quote in passing, "the Queen or
Amazon, who is placed in the fourth house
from the comer of the field by the side of
her King and always in her owne colom ;
whence
Rex alius in atro, Rexater in a/So,
Servat Regma colore s,"
as another rebuttal
of the absurd story
which made Staun-
ton change the
places of King and
Queen out or com-
pliment to Queen
Victoria (comp. No.
2, p. 92), and the
"draught guard
worth and preroga-
tive of each piece."
Chapter VI gives
observations and
advice, VII explains
what a Fake, a stale,
a blind mate and a
dead game is. This
latter contains the
only diagram in the
book, and of which
a reproduction will
be found. Then fol-
lows an explanation
how "The Fooles
Mate" and the
"Schollers Mate"
are brought about,
the notation used being :
Black King's Bishop's pawne one house.
White King's pawne one house.
Black King's Knight's pawne two
houses.
White Queen gives that at the contrary.
King's Rookes fourth house.
In the same manner 94 gambetts (open-
ings) are described, the first being a KB
opening. (1 P— K 4. P— K 4; 2 B— R 4,
B— B 4 ; 3 Q— K 2, Q— K 2; 4 P— KB 4,
BxKt; 5 RxB, PxP; 6 P— Q 4. Q— R 5
ch; P— Kt 3, PxP; 8 RxP, white finally
mating with Q or B on the 15th move) the
last a sort of From's gambit (1 P — KB 4,
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P— K 4; 2 PxP, Q— R 5 ch; 3 P— Kt 3,
Q — K 5 ends in a victory for black after but
10 moves.
On the last page is a correction of the
comparatively few errors, while the pre-
ceding page contains the following en-
treaty of " The Stationer to the ingenious
chesse player. Gentlemen — For few else
will buy this Book, I intreat you to correct
these errors, which the Printer hath let
passe, by reason of the unusuall manner of
the writing of the gambits; the Literall
faults are of no consequence, and there-
fore omitted, and these being corrected
will render the book as usefiill as is desired
by your servant, H: Herringman."
Oriental Women Chess Players*
BY MARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM.
Chess is one of the few games that are
popular everywhere. It comes from the
far East, and the credit of its creation
seems to belong to China, with India a
close contestant. The Western game of
thirty-two pieces is known in the far East
as " the short game." They have besides
this what is called "the long game," in
which there are sixty-four pieces. This is
so complicated and demands so much hard
study that very few Europeans have ever
succeeded in mastering it in a satisfactory
manner.
The " short game" is played by people
who have not unlimited time to consume
in the recreation, and is, upon the whole,
more in vogue than the "long game."
Many of the women of the Orient play
chess, and, on account of the isolation with
which Oriental law and custom guard the
women of the middle and upper classes,
come to play it with £reat skill.
The late wife of Li Hung Chang is said
to have been one of the best players in the
Middle Kingdom, and the famous Mrs.
How Qua, of Canton, wife of the great
millionaire banker, was another distin-
guished expert. She had a famous chess
board and chessmen, the former being com-
posed of precious jade, fitted and inlaid,
and the latter of silver, gold and precious
gems. Oriental women take more pleasure
m chess than their Occidental sisters. All
who can afford it have sets of chessmen
made of the richest materials, fine ivory
being the least luxurious.
The poor have sets made of ebony, of
teak and of hard, light-colored tropical
woods for the other color. There are sets
in crystal, in onyx, in agate and in jade.
The latter are extremely expensive, espe-
cially when the workmanship is fine, and
range for a thirty-two piece set from $20
up to several hundred. With these fine
chessmen much care is necessary. The box
in which they are kept is padded every-
where so that no piece can be injured by a
blow, a fall or shock. The boxes them-
selves are often very beautiful and cosdy,
being made of fine metals, plain, chased,
molded or repousse ; sometimes of teak or
ebony inlaid with ivory or mother-of-pearl,
lined with sandal wood, which in turn is
beautifully upholstered.
The finest set, including chess table,
chess box and chessmen, is owned by the
Dowager Empress, and was made by a
famous artist several centuries ago during
the reign of the Ming dynasty.
O, don't you remember a contest of great
local interest will shortly take place, the prin-
cipals being Hamlet, the melancholy Dane,
and the gentleman with the suburban voice.
O, don't you remember that gambit, I. R.,
The moves of the gambit so neat ;
That sparkled with delight when you played them
aright,
And tumbled off when they were^beat?
Nav, don't you remember the moves, I. R.(
The moves that K said could oc cure :
Ah ! would that we had them in print, I. R„
With Lipschuetz himself as reviewer.
—Philadelphia Tirrus,
" I know I play chess very poorly," said the
young woman, moving her Knight to the wrong
square, "but I love to learn."
" I wonder," replied the young man, prepar-
ing to mate in three moves, "if you could
learn to love !"
Her answer was very soft and gentle, but it
broke up the game at once. — Chicago Tribune.
The Cable Match with England*
a NEW policy has been adopted by the
Brooklyn Chess Club for the manage-
ment of the cable match with the Brit-
ish Chess Club in the future, or at least
of the next match, the third of the series, which
will take place early in 1898.
The club in its original challenge, which was
issued at the time of the Pillsbury dinner, in
October, 1895, used the expression "The
Brooklyn Chess Club, in behalf of American
chess players." Several of the leading clubs
of the country commented unfavorably upon
the form of the challenge and denied the right
of the Brooklyn Chess Club to represent Amer-
ican chess players without their acquiescence.
The Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia made
a written formal protest to the Brooklyn Club
as well as to Sir George Newnes, but no notice
was taken of it, the arrangements were pro-
gressed, and when Brooklyn won the first
match nothing more was said, all the clubs, in-
cluding Franklin, joining the general jubilation.
In arranging for the second match last March
the Brooklyn committee was confronted with
new difficulties, the increased number of play-
ers on the team necessitating a search for two
more men of the first class. Philadelphia was
looked to to supply one of the players, but
owing to the strained relations between the
Brooklyn and Franklin Chess Clubs, the best
players of that city refused positively to play.
After the match there. was strong feeling
among the members of the Brooklyn Club that
something should be done to bring about har-
mony, and in response to this feeling the Di-
rectors of the club have issued a circular letter
which was mailed to every chess club of any
prominence in the United States, inviting co-
operation in the formation of the team for the
match of 1898, and asking for suggestions as to
the best methods to be adopted to make the
team representative.
The letter is as follows :
Brooklyn Chess Club,
201 Montague Street, Aug. 28, 1897.
Secretary Chess Club :
Dear Sir: — We beg to advise you that the
Brooklyn Chess Club has issued a challenge to
the British Chess Club for another cable match
for the Sir George Newnes Trophy, and that
such challenge has been accepted, the contest
to take place early in 1898
While by the provisions of the deed of gift, a
copy of which we enclose, it is necessary that
the contest be conducted by an individual club,
it is intended that the match shall be an inter-
national one, participated in by the best native
players of the two countries. It is in this spirit
that our club regards the matter, and we now
address you, as well as other leading clubs, to
ask your co-operation in preparing for the con-
test, and it may be in bringing it to a victorious
conclusion.
We have not attempted to do or determine
anything concerning the date of the match, the
selection of the players, or other details of the
contest, as these are matters in the settlement
of which we desire the advice and assistance of
the other clubs. In order to recover the trophy
it is certainly of prime importance that the
strongest team that the country affords should
be chosen, and in this matter especially we ask
your counsel and co-operation, and invite sug-
gestions as to how the clubs may most conve-
niently act together in determining these ques-
tions.
One reason for addressing you at this early
date is that you may be officially apprised of
the impending match, and that there may be
ample time for securing united action, and de-
ciding, perhaps, in some cases over the board,
upon a team who will carry this international
contest to a successful conclusion.
Please advise us frankly in regard to your
views, and with best wishes for the prosperity
of your club and the advancement of our noble
game, I remain, very truly yours,
Stanley H. Chad wick, Secretary.
R
In addition to the circular letter to the princi-
al chess clubs of the United States, the Brook -
yn Chess Club has issued in printed form the
'•Conditions of the Anglo-American Chess
Trophy," giving in detail the rules governing
the matches and defining the powers of the
clubs in future contests. A draft of the rules
was shown by Sir George Newnes shortly be-
fore the first match in 1896, but no public rec-
ord of them has been made since that time.
Several important additions have been made
since the first draft was sent across the water,
and in their present form they are exceptionally
free from ambiguity. The clubs which will
have first choice in the event of either the
Brooklyn or British Chess Clubs failing to
change are definitely mentioned, and the con-
trol of the Board of Directors in the event of a
simultaneous challenge from two clubs is clearly
defined.
Following are the conditions in detail :
"The following conditions having been
framed before the Anglo-American match,
played under the auspices of the British Chess
Club and the Brooklyn Chess Club in the
month of March, 1896, was played, shall be
read and construed as having been in force at
the said date, and the Brooklyn Chess Club,
whose team of players in the said match was
victorious, shall be deemed to be the first win-
ning club accordingly.
" x. The trophy shall be held by the club
whose team in the cable match already ar-
ranged between the Brooklyn Chess Club and
the British Chess Club for the month of March,
1896, shall win such match (hereinafter referred
to as the winning club), to be held by the win-
ning club until defeated in a match to be played
on the challenge of the beaten club or some
other club of the same nationality as the beaten
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cub, as hereinafter provided lor, or until it
shall have made some such default as is speci-
fied in Clause 7.
" 2. The following persons shall form a Di-
recting Council, viz. : The presidents for the
time being of the British Chess Club, the
Brooklyn Chess Club, the City of London Chess
Club, and the Manhattan Chess Club, or such
of the said officers as shall for the time being
exist"
Clauses 3 and 4 refer to the results of the
matches and date of challenges, and state that
in the event of the Brooklyn Chess Club not
challenging, the nex t in line shall be one of the
following, who shall first notify their challenge :
The Manhattan Chess Club, the Boston Chess
Club, the New Orleans Chess, Checker and
Whist Club, or some other American chess
club to be approved of by the Directing Coun-
cil. If the British Chess Club does not chal-
lenge, the right to do so shall be vested in the
City of London Chess Club, St. George Chess
Club or the Metropolitan Chess Club, or some
other British chess club to be approved of bv
the Directing Council. In the event of simul-
taneous challenges by two or more clubs, the
Directing Council to have the right of selec-
tion.
Clause 5 refers to the winning of the trophy.
After three successive matches shall have been
won by a club or clubs of one nation, the last
winning club shall be entitled to retain the
trophy as its absolute property, etc.
"6. The winning club for the time being
shall be entitled to the actual possession of the
trophy, and shall be responsible for its safe
custody.
"7. A challenging club failing to prosecute
its challenge, or to play a match before the
first of May next following the same, or insist-
ing upon unreasonable conditions, shall for-
feit its challenge. A challenged club failing to
accept the challenge, or to play before the fol-
lowing first of May, or so insisting, shall forfeit
the trophy, which shall thereupon be delivered
to the challenging club, to be retained by it upon
the same conditions as by a winning club, except
that it shall not be deemed to have won a
match counting under the fifth clause hereof
for the acquisition of the trophy as its absolute
property.' '
Clause 8 states that natives of the two coun-
tries only shall be allowed to play, and after
the first match the teams shall be ten on a
side.
Clause 9 provides that the clubs playing shall
mutually agree upon rules for the conducting of
matches, subject to these conditions, and that
the Directing Council shall have control in cases
of dispute, except that they shall not prejudice
the rights or obligations of any individual club,
and shall not interfere with the principal object
of the trophy — the promotion of international
cbess between the two countries.
11 10. The Directing Council shall not incur
any liability in respect of the loss of or damage
to the trophy while in the custody of any person
other than themselves, nor be bound to bring
any action or take any steps to recover the same
or its value under any circumstances, unless
they should think fit to do so.
" 11. In the following cases the trophy shall
revert to the donor or his executors or adminis-
trators, viz. : In case the trophy shall not have
become the absolute property of any club under
these conditions, ana no match between the
clubs of the two countries under these condi-
tions shall have been played for the period of
five years. In case the trophy shall not have
become the absolute property of any club, un-
der these conditions, during the life of the last
survivor of the said Sir G. Newnes, and Frank
Hillyard Newnes (son of the said Sir G. New-
nes), and for the further period of twenty- one
years from his death.
"All disputes and differences whatsoever aris-
ing betweeu any clubs or persons in respect of
the premises shall be settled by arbitration.11
The above Utter is intended as an effort to
bring about harmony between the leading clubs
of the country. The game of chess and its
interests should be superior to personal or club
differences, and the Brooklyn Chess Club in
taking the initiative towards reconciliation with
those clubs which feel that they have not been
treated properly in the past should be sup-
ported. It is a peculiar position. While the
terms of the deed of gift state distinctly that
the matches shall be in control of the challeng-
ing and challenged clubs, the intention of Sir
George Newnes is also defined in Sec. 9,
" The principal object of the gift is hereby
declared to be the promotion of international
chess between the two countries."
In a letter written by Sir George Newnes in
1895 on the matter, he states :
"I suppose it is understood that the match
is only international in the sense that it will be
played between the best teams that can be
selected in America and Great Britain. I
take it there is no desire on the part of either
club to arrogate to itself a representative power
more than it possesses, but some one must
take the initiative and carry out the details."
The fact that in case either of the clubs now
in active management should not challenge
another year, the trophy is open for matches
between other clubs of the two countries, also
indicates that the matches are international.
A problem in two moves from the Belfast
News Letter by William O'Hara, of Ahoghill,
which had iust been awarded " First Prize,
Local Problem Tourney," was published in
many chess columns. A correspondent of the
Sporting- and Dramatic News has enclosed to
the chess editor of that paper a fac simile of
the same problem, which was published in the
Illustrated London News (No. 2242, by Pos-
pisil), some five years since. The other
problem sent to the Belfast News Letter tour-
ney by the same competitor, W. O'Hara, was
a slightly altered edition of a composition by
T. Taverner, which divided the first prize in
the East Central Times about the year 1890.
Mr. O'Hara will probably try something
original next time, or not try at all.
2o6
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
Chess in Mexico*
An interesting; match, 5 games up, for I200 a
side, and practically the chess championship of
Mexico, was played in the City of Mexico from
May 1 to May 22 between two leading amateurs,
Senors Manuel Marquez Sterling and Antonio
Escontria. Senor Enrique Caloca was referee.
Senor David Moj arietta was chosen stake-
holder, while the seconds were Senors I. Rubio
and M. P. Marceau. After 12 games the score
stood 4 each, 4 draws, and the match, accord-
ing to a previous stipulation, was abandoned as
drawn. A collection of the games, annotated
by Senors Marceau and Sterling, has appeared,
and we take pleasure in publishing two speci-
men games. For the translation we are in-
debted to Mr. ). D. Seguin, chess editor of the
Times- Democrat.
Third game of the match.
Ruy Lopez.
White.
Mr. Marquez Sterling.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3B-Kt5
4B—R4
5B-Kt3
6 Castles
7 P-QB 3
8 P-Q 4
9B-Q5
10 P— K 5
11 KtxP (a)
12 KtxKt
13 B-B 3 (b)
14 K— R (c)
Black.
Mr. A. Escontria.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 P-QR 3
4 P-QKt 4
5B-B4
6Q-B3
7 P-KR 3
8B— Kt3
9 PxP
10 Q— Q
11 KKt-K 2
12 PxKt
13 Castles
14 B-K 3
15 B— K 2 ? (d)
16 RxQ (e)
17 R— B
18 Kt— Q 2
19 Kt— B 3
20 P— QR 4
21 P— R 5
22 P— R 3
23 B-Q
24 R— K
25 B— B 2 (f )
26 KtxB
27 Kt-KB 3
28 BxKt
29 K— R 2
30 K~Kt 3
31 P-Kt 3
32 RxR
33 PxB
And white
16 BxKBP
17 B-Kt 3
18 QR— Q
19 Kt— Kt 3
20B-Q4
21 B— R 2
22 KR— K
23 B— B 5
24 B— B 7
25 8xR
26RxP
27 R— K 7
28 R— Q 8 ch !
29PXB
30 R-QB 7
31 QRxB
32 KRxR
33RxP
resigns (g).
(a) Thus far, the first ten moves are identical
with those of the first game ; the variation
takes place at 1 1 KtxP.
(b) A weak move, which, as will be seen,
prejudices white's position.
(c) Preparing to defend the KP.
(d) 15 Q— QB 2 or Q— K is better.
(e) White has no way to save the KBP.
( /) The loss of the exchange is inevitable.
(g) At the conclusion of this partie, there
was great excitement among the players of the
club, for the score then stood as follows : Es-
contria, 2 ; Marquez Sterling, o ; drawn, 1.
Sixth game of the match. Petroff's Defence.
White.
Mr. A. Escontria.
1 P-K4
2 KKt— B 3
3 B-B 4 t
4 QKt-B 3 (a)
5 BxP ch
6 KtxKt
7 QKt-Kt 5 ch (dj
8 P-Q 3
9 Kt-R 3
10 B-K 3
11 PxB
12 Kt— B 2
13 Castles
H Q-Q 2
15 Q-B 3 (g)
16 Kt— R
17 PxP
18 Q-Q 2 (h)
19 %ZQ v
20 OR— K
21 R— K 2
22 P— B 3 (i)
Black.
Mr. Marquez Sterling.
1P-K4
2 KKt— B 3
3 KtxP
4 QKt-B 3 (b)
5KxB
6 P-Q 4 ! (c)
7K— Kt
8 P-KR 3
9 B-QB 4 (e)
ioBxB(f)
11 K— R 2 !
12R- B
13 B— K3
14Q— K2
15 B— Kt
16 P-Q 5 !
17 PxP
18Q— K6ch
19 PxQ
20 QR— K
21 B-Q 4 !
22 BxP
23 KR— K
24RXP
25 RxR
26 PxB
27 Kt— B 2
28 K-Kt 2 (j)
29 R— K 4
30 K— R 3
31 P-KB 4
32 K ""
-KB*
0. „-Kt4(k)
33 RxR
34P-R4
35 PxP
36 P-Q 4
37 K-B 3
38 Kt— Kt 4
39 P— B 4
40 K— K 4
41 P-Q 5
42 Kt-K 3
43K-K5(m)
44 Kt— B 5 ch
45 K-Q 4
46 K-B 3
23 B-Q 4
24 RxR
25 BxKt
26 R— B 2
27 Kt-K 2
28 Kt— B 4
29 P— KKt 4
30 Kt-R 5
31 Kt— Kt 3
32 RxP ch
33 KtxR
34 K-Kt 3
35 PxP
36 Kt-Q 4
37 P-Kt 3
38 P— R 4
39 Kt-Kt 5
40 K— B 2 (I)
41 K— K 2
42 Kt— R 3
43 Kt— B 4
44 K-Q 2
45 P-KKt 5 !
46 Kt— K 5 ch
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47 K--Q 3
48 Kt— K 3
49K-K2
50K-B3
5iKxP
52 K— B 2
53 P-Kt 3
54K-K2
55 K-Q 3
56 K-B 3
57 Kt-B 2
58 KtxQ
47 P— Kt 6 !
48 Kt— B 7 ch
49 Kt— K 5
50 Kt— Q 7 ch
5i K-Q 3
52 K— B 4
53 KtxP
54 P— R 5
55 P-R 6
56 P-R 7
57 P— R 8 (Queens) ch
58 KtxKt
And white resigns.
{a) A gambit called the Boden-Kieseritzky,
practiced with good results by Paul Morphy.
(b) This, according to my idea, is superior to
4 * * KtxKt or Kt — B 3, leading to a position
of the type of the Four Knights game : thus,
P-K 4, P-K 4 ; 2 KKt-B 3, QKt-B 3 ; 3 Q
Kt-B 3, KKt— B 3 ; 4 B— B 4, KtxKP.
(c) Best.
(d) 7 QKt — Kt 3 seems stronger.
(e) The text-books recommend 9 * * BxKt,
doubling the Rook has been censured by the
celebrated Tchigorin, for the reason that the
Queen's Bishop has a good position for the
attack, while, in the meantime, the Knight
embarrasses white's position.
(/) It would be better to withdraw the
Bishop than to capture*
(g) Weak; as will be seen, the Queen
should have retired.
(A) If 18 KtxP, then 18 * * Q— K 6 ch, win-
ning a Knight.
(f ) Forced, on account of 22 * * BxKt ; 23
RxB, RxR ; 24 PxR, Kt— Q 5.
(j ) White hoped to save the Pawn, not tak-
ing into consideration black's move of P — K
Kt4.
(k) According to my view, the exchange of
Rooks is to the disadvantage of white.
(/) Fearing the entrance of the white King and
the sacrifice of the Knight.
(m) 43 K — B 5, subsequently taking the P,
would yield great probabilities of a draw.
The Castle on the Board*
(With thanks to Longfellow and Uhland.)
BY GEORGE SCHREYER.
44 Hast thou seen that iv'ry Castle,
White's Castle on the Board ?
Ebon and bright around it
There moves the silent horde.
"The criers that cry out l Checkmate,'
They Moved on quietly,
But I heard in the Hall the Loser's voice,
And tears came to mine eye."
44 And fain it would move forward,
On the checkered plain below ;
And fain it would sneak leftward,
To the Sovereign's rescue go.
>>
"And sawest thou near the Castle,
The King and his royal train ?
And the flush of their polished surface ?
And the glow of conscious gain ?
4i Well have I seen that Castle,
White's Castle on the Board,
And the Pawns around it standing ;
Away from their sovereign Lord."
" Led not the King, in rapture,
His beauteous Queen forth there?
Resplendent as the morning sun,
Beaming with golden hair ?
u The cryers that cry out ' Checkmate, '
Had they a merry time ?
Didst thou hear, from their lofty chambers,
The clinking of glasses chime ?
" Well saw I the ancient Monarch,
No pomp nor pride was seen,
He was moving slow, with downcast eyes-
The foe had captured his Queen."
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
American Chess Editors.
III.
GUST AVE REICH HELM.
Few chess editors are belter known than
Gustave Reichhelm, of the Philadelphia
Times. For the past twenty years or more
that chess column has beeo a source of de-
light for its readers. At one time Gustave
Reichhelm ranked among the foremost
players of America, but he has practically
retired from actual play. As a player he is
ingenious and full of resources, and B. M.
Neal likened his style to that of von der
Lasa. As a problem composer Reichhelm's
name is known wherever chess is played,
lengthy problems being especially die field
in which he excelled. He also is one of the
best solvers living. As a writer Reichhelm
is unique : his line of thought is most orig-
inal and his style odd yet fascinating. He
is the Carlyle among chess writers. Few
will like his writing at first, but they soon
will appreciate and admire him once they
discern the kernel in the burr. Mr. Reich-
helm some years ago invented an ingenious
system for play by correspondence, where-
by any move can be transmitted in two let-
ters. By subsequent improvements he
made it possible that now one letter suf-
fices.
Snap Shots from Thousand Islands.
The snap shots from Thousand Islands
on opposite page are reproduced by favor
of our esteemed contributor, Mr. Walter
Penn Shipley, who henceforth must be
classed not only among the chess, but
also among the kodak fiends. Number 1
shows Lipschutz at play, surrounded by a
number of interested onlookers, but only
Professor Pieczonka was fortunate enough
to get a seat. Not much can be seen of
his opponent, Mr. Napier ; perhaps the
photographer wanted to indicate that he
was not "in it." Messrs. Steinitz and
De Visser are seen taking a stroll in front
of the hotel in No. 2. A critical position
in the game between Hodges ana New-
man is illustrated in No. 3. The former is
a wheelman, but Newman can arch his
back too. Hampton is seen holding
Hodges' rocking chair so as to enable
Shipley to obtain a good picture. No. 4
shows Pillsbury pondering over his next
move. The game he played was with
Shipley, and will be found in the game
department of the present number. Mr.
Shipley took the favorable opportunity to
press the button, and this was the only
" snap " he got on Pillsbury in the game.
The last picture discloses Shipley at his
fiendish work. Our feminine readers, no
doubt, will make the observation that he is
a very handsome man.
The Two Shortest Newspaper Notices
on the August No. of the American
Chess Magazine.
The Times-Democrat, New Orleans.
The August number (No. 3) of our splendid
new "American Chess Magazine" is out, and
from every standpoint equals, or, indeed, sur-
passes the remarkable two preceding numbers.
We shall have more to say of this invaluable
chess periodical next week, and meanwhile
take occasion to remark that every chess player.
the world over, should be a subscriber to so
monumental a testimonial to the value and in-
terest of the royal game as it embodies.
The Journal, Minneapolis.
The ' 'American Chess Magazine " for August
is at hand, and it is an improvement upon its
July predecessor. Every promise and expecta-
tion has been fulfilled, ana devotees of the pas-
time in America can well feel proud of such a
representative which has attained such a high
standard in so short a time. The only way to
appreciate it is to see and read it. The sub-
scription price is $3 a year.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
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CHESS POEM.
Composed in 1638 by Nicholas Breton.
A secret many yeares unseene
In play at chess, who knowes the game —
First of the King, and then the Queene,
Knight, Bishop, Rooke, and so by name.
Of everie Pawne I will decrie
The nature with the qualitie.
The King.
The King himself is haughtie care,
Which overlook eth all his men,
And when he seeth how they fare,
He steps among them now and again,
Whom, when his foe presumes to check e,
His servants stand to give the necke.
The Queene.
The Queene is queint and quicke conceit,
Which makes her walk which way she list,
And rootes them up, that lie in wait
To work her treason, ere she wist ;
Her force is such against her foes,
That whom she meets she overthrows.
The Pawnes.
The Pawne before ths King, is peace,
Which he desires to keep at home,
Practise, the Queenes, which doth not cease
Amid the world abroad to roam ;
To find, to fall upon each foe,
Whereas his mistress means to go.
Before the Knight, is perill plast,
Which he by skipping overgoes,
And yet that Pawne can work a cast
To overthrow his greatest foes ;
The Bishop's prudence, prieing still
Which way to work his master's will.
The Rooke's poor Pawnes are sillie swaines,
Which seldom serve except by hap ;
And yet those Pawnes can lay their traines,
To catch a great man in their trap :
Soe that I see sometime a groome
May not be spared from his roome.
The Knight.
The Knight is knowledge how to fight
Against his prince's enemies,
He never makes his walk outright,
But leaps and skips in wilie wise,
To take by sleight a traitorous foe,
Might slilie seek their overthrowe.
The Bishop.
The Bishop he is wittie braine,
That chooseth crossest pathes to pace,
And evermore he pries with paine,
To see who seeks him most disgrace ;
Such straglers when he finds astraie,
He takes them up and throwes away.
The Rookes.
The Rookes are reason on both sides,
Which keep the corner houses still,
And warily stand to watch their tides,
By secret art to worke their will,
To take sometime a thiefe unseene,
Might mischief mean to King or Queene.
The Nature of the Chesse Men.
The King is stately, looking hie ;
The Queen doth beare like majestie ;
The Knight is hardie, valiant, wise ;
The Bishop prudent and precise.
The Rookes no rangers out of raie,
The Pawnes the pages in the plaie.
L' Envoy.
Then rule with care, and quicke conceit,
And fight with knowledge, as with force ;
So bears a braine, to dash deceit,
And work with reason and remorse.
Forgive a faulte when young men plaie,
So give a mate and go your way.
And when you plaie beware of checke,
Know how to save and give a necke,
And with a checke beware of mate ;
Bue chiefe, ware had I wist too late :
Loose not the Queene, for ten to one,
If she be lost the game is gone.
How Lydia Got Married*
By Charles Tomlinson, F. R. S*
(From the British Chess Magazine.)
THE B.C. M. for October, 1884,
contains a piece of autobiogra-
phy, real or imaginary, headed
"How I Won Sophie." The
narrative seems to have tickled the
fancy of a German chess editor, who in-
serted an admirable translation thereof in
a work which appeared in the following
year under the title " Humor im Schach-
spiel," edited by J. Minckwitz, for many
years editor of the Deuischen Schachzeit-
ung% Leipzig, 1885, p. 230.
When Sophie and I set up housekeeping
together, her father the Captain elected to
her place a younger sister, a very intelligent
girl of some sixteen years. She was her
father* s pet, and was to him as the apple 01
his eye. She was his factotum, talked to
him, read to him, played chess with him
and managed the house for him. Her
chess so much improved by daily practice,
that the Captain had some difficulty in
maintaining his usual sway over the chess-
board.
As will be seen from my former narrative,
it was a whim of the Captain's when any
favor was asked, to make the granting ot
it depend on the issue of a game of chess.
Moreover, the Captain was particularly
jubilant when Lydia, for that was the dam-
sel's name, succeeded in beating me. It is
true that she had not yet quite mastered
the odds of Pawn and two, but we had
many stiff games in the presence of the
Captain, who very greatly enjoyed the
sport.
The long vacation was at hand, to my
great satisfaction. I had been somewhat
overworked during three terms with lec-
tures, examination papers, laboratory work,
and attention to six or seven college pupils
who resided in my house. Sophie and I
had been consulting together as to where
we should go for our holiday, and as we
happened just about that time to be inter-
ested in the subject of glaciers, we deter-
mined to visit Switzerland, which Sophie
had never seen. I very much wanted to
give Lydia a treat by taking her with us,
but as we could not think of leaving the
Captain alone during a whole month, there
was some difficulty in the matter. He had
some old seafaring friends at Portsmouth
and elsewhere, who would be very glad to
see him if we could only induce him to leave
home.
He used to say that he was too old a tree
to be transplanted ; but then he was so
fond of Lydia, and would do almost any-
thing to gratify her, or to give pleasure to
Sophie and me. We took Lydia into our
conference, and we three conspirators held
one or two meetings to consult as to the
best mode of obtaining papa's consent,
while at the same time providing for his
comfort. We agreed to write to two of his
old friends, Captain Jones, of Portsmouth,
and Captain Smith, of Shanklin, informing
them of our little plot, and asking them to
assist it by writing invitations to the Cap-
tain to spend the month of August by the
seaside.
The plot so far succeeded that one day
in July, while we were taking tea with the
Captain, he said to Sophie :
" What d'ye think? I have had invita-
tions from my old chums, Brown and
Smith, to visit them and have a little nauti-
cal exercise."
"Well," said Sophie, "and I hope you
mean to go."
" Not I," said he, "you won't catch me
traveling ; besides, they say nothing about
the little wench."
"Oh, we've got a plan for her," I said ;
" we want to take her with us when we go
to see the glaciers."
After promising to see the Captain safely
housed at Portsmouth, should he go, I left
him to chew the cud of the subject, know-
ing that for all my pros he would have
twice as many cans, and probably feel some
irritation, which would spoil everything.
Even should the Captain maintain his op-
position, and Lydia be unable to accom-
pany us, the Swiss project had assumed
important proportions. One of my house
pupils and two class pupils had expressed
a wish to join us, not only for the sake of
the change, but also for the advantages of
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instruction in the phenomena we were about
to witness, and also for practice in French
and German, to say nothing of chess, to
which we were all addicted. My house
pupil, Brown, was acquainted with Lydia,
and usually had to yield to her superior
tactics in the royal game. Not that he
lowered his play that she might win, for
both she and Sophie scorned that mistaken
form of politeness, which makes a man
treat a woman as if she were mentally as
well as physically the weaker. But it may
be asked whether there was not in these
encounter* some danger of a line of strat-
egy lending towards a kind of mate that
Caissa does not recognize ? Neither I nor
Sophie saw any indication of it, and we
would have checked it immediately if we
had, although it is quite possible that both
the young people read and understood the
hieroglyphics that Cupid is fond of tracing
with the point of one of his arrows.
But it was now the long vacation.
Brown and the other two had been some
time in their respective homes waiting for
the completion of my arrangements.
Sophie and Lydia, with artful female tac-
tics, had so besieged the Captain in his
fortress of opposition, that just as they
were about to open their third parallel, he
began to show signs of surrender. One
day, while smoking his pipe after dinner,
he commenced the following talk with
Lydia :
" Should you like to go to Switzerland ?"
"Very much, papa, if I thought you
were comfortable."
14 Hum ! Do you ever win a game of
Charley ?"
" Sometimes.' '
"Same odds?"
"Yes ! he gives me Pawn and two."
"Now I tell you what it is : if you will
play him a game before me to-morrow after
dinner, and win it, you shall go to Switzer-
land. Tell him and Sophie to come here
to-morrow at the usual hour. ' '
Next day after dinner, the ladies retired
while the Captain smoked his pipe, and I
had a cigar over a cup of coffee. We
chatted on various topics, but not a word
was said about the Swiss tour. On join-
ing the ladies, we found the chess- board
arrayed in line of battle, and Lydia and I
began the P and two game on which so
much depended. The Captain bent his
critical eye upon our play, and after nearly
an hour he began to nod. The board had
now assumed the following appearance :
Black.
m
1
mm
%
SHI
j
mX
■'MB I
m
m
WM
mm
M
WK/i
Wdm
r
M.
White.
Lydia (white) having the move, played
her Kt to Q 4, supposing that my P would
capture him, and then her Q would take
the B, pinning the R. But she neglected
Philidor's advice, that if you have a good
move on the board, look out and see if you
have not a better. But in following up this
line of play, Lydia failed to see that I had
a mate in two moves :
K— Rsq
Q— Kt 6 ch
Q— R 6 mate
the B preventing Kt from moving. I
hinted this to her in dumb motions, and
putting back her Kt, left her to find a
better move. This she did by
P— KKt 3
R-Kt3
PxP
RxR
RxR
Resigns
Whether this game had been fairly lost
or won, we did not tell the Captain. When
he awoke, we showed him the moves by
which his daughter came off victor, and
he was satisfied, and so were we.
I accompanied the Captain to Ports-
mouth, and saw him safely housed. I met
my old friend Captain Robinson, who
asked me to stop for the club night, but as
the Twiddleton chess was not exactly in
my style of play, and I was anxious to get
back to town, I declined.
Having completed my arrangements,
we started on our journey on the first of
August. We made a happy party of six,
and if there were anywhere a happier one,
I should be glad to be introduced to it.
We made our way to Switzerland by easy
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journeys, not wearing ourselves out with
night in addition to day travel. Arrived
in Switzerland, we spent our days in
investigating the phenomena of glaciers,
and our evenings when not too tired, with
our little Roget chess-boards in hand. In
order to prevent skittling, I provided a
number of ruled blank forms for recording
the games, so that instead of calling out
the move, each player had to enter it, and
hand the slip to the opposite side. In
this way we seldom had a careless move.
In this way also, chess became an ele-
ment in intellectual culture, and encour-
aged the student in that noble art of
taking pains, which is one of the marks,
if not the chief one, of genius. We
played single games, consultation games,
and games at various odds. In this way
we collected about fifty games. They are
not quite up to the standard of Steinitz,
and I should not care to pass them under
the critical eye of Ranken.
When Brown left college, and had fairly
entered upon his profession, the hieroglyph-
ics above referred to became intelligible
to lookers on. But Lydia, good girl!
would not consent to leave her father, even
to marry the man of her choice. The
Captain, however, settled the point by
sharing his house with the young folks,
and I do not know where a happier
couple is to be found, except indeed in
my own house. It is also worthy of remark
that Lydia followed her sister's example in
caring less for chess after marriage than
before it, urging as an excuse that it was
not seemly for a wife to beat her husband,
and very objectionable for a husband to
beat his wife. By such acts of self-denial,
women make home happy. Bless them !
Admirers of the chess writings of the
late Professor Tomlinson will regard the
foregoing sketch with peculiar interest when
they learn that it was the last contribution
to chess literature which emanated from
the versatile pen of our lamented friend.
Chess Nomenclature*
(From Literary Digest)
Chess is not only the royal game, but
also the historical game. The names,
position, and powers of the pieces, to-
gether with the purpose of the game,
reveal actual historical conditions of ancient
times. The board presents two armies
facing each other. The opposing Kings
with their Queens occupy the center of
the host, surrounded by their defenders.
Next to the King and Queen stand the
Bishops, representing the influence of the
Church. ITiey recall the great power
wielded by ecclesiastics in the affairs of
state, and bring to mind the fact that men
who wore the mitre were, in many cases,
not only wise counselors but mighty
warriors. The Knights bring back the
age of chivalry. The Rooks tell of castles,
and the Pawns show the foot-soldiers in
the van bearing the brunt of the attack or
forcing an opening for the oncoming host.
When, however, we go further back
than the fourteenth century, we find that
the names and powers of some of the
pieces were not the same as they are now,
and have been for four or five hundred
years.
Our English word, King, evidently
comes from the Arabic, Shah, and we get
our expression, " check- mate' ' from Shah
mat, the chief or King is dead.
The name Queen, and the mighty power
given to this piece, open up a subject both
curious and interesting. It were quite nat-
ural that where there was a King, there
should be a Queen, but it was quite unnat-
ural that the Queen should be the most
Cowerful fighter in the whole army. It has
een surmised that, in giving to the Queen
this great power, there is an acknowledg-
ment of the influence of woman in bringing
about wars, in controlling and even van-
quishing Kings, Bishops, and Knights.
But, we have to discard all this when we
get out of the realm of fancy. The earliest
name we can find for the Queen is Farz or
Firz (Arabic), signifying " counselor/ '
4 ' minister/ ' or " general " ; this was Latin-
ized into Fargia or Fercia. The French
altered it into Fierce or Vierge. There is
a story that the piece called in French
Vierge (signifying Virgin), was in England
called Queen, in honor of Elizabeth, the
Virgin Queen. Whether there is any truth
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or not in this story, it is a fact that in an
old Latin manuscript Ferzia and Regina
are both used to designate the piece we
know as the Queen, and the names of the
pieces in the reign of Henry VIII, as given
in Hormani Vulgari (1519), are Kynges,
Quyens, Alfyns, Knyghtis, Rokis, and
Paunes. In Caxton's "Game and Playe
of Chesse" (1474), there is a picture of a
Queen enthroned, with a description of her
beginning "Thus ought the Quene be
maad ; She ought to be a fair ladye sittynge
in a chayer and crowned with a corone on
hirheed."
In Icelandic, this piece is called Fru,
lady, and Drottnung, Queen.
Chaucer keeps the old Arabic name :
" She stole on me and took my fers ;
And when I saw my fers away,
Alas, I couth ne lenger play."
The Fers or Queen was originally the
weakest piece on the hoard, and moved
only one square diagonally. The power
she now possesses was conferred upon her
not earlier than the beginning of the
fifteenth century.
The Bishop was, in Persian, Pily an
elephant, Arabic Fil or Al-jil, whence the
Italian Alphilus, Alfinusy and Alfi%rey and
the Old English Atfin. Rowbotham (1562)
says : * * The Bishoppes some name Al-
phins" In Sanscrit, Hindostani, Persian,
Arabic, Turkish, Burmese, and Chinese,
the name for the piece we call Bishop
signifies an elephant. The French call
it Fol and Fou, these words no doubt
coming from the Arabic Fil. This French
designation of the Bishop as a fool is re-
ferred to by Craftsman (1733): "The
Bishops indeed ... in your old Chess-
boards, are always described as Fools, and
distinguished with long ears and bells/'
The Knights and Rooks seem always to
have had the same powers as they now
have. We get our word Rook from Per-
sian Rukhy old French Roc, meaning
Castle. "It is probable," writes Douce
(1793), "that the European form of the
Castle was copied in part from some
ancient Indian piece with the elephant and
castle on his back."
Sir William Jones, in his poem to
Caissa, refers to the Rooks as elephants
carrying castles.
The Icelandic name for Rook is Hrokur,
or man of might, for, before the Queen
was given the power she now possesses,
the Rook was the more powerful piece.
Minnesota State Chess Association*
The summer meeting of the Minnesota
State Chess Association was held at North-
field, on Sept. 4. Those participating were :
Dr. C. V. Lynde, Dr. Crittenden, W. H. Lee,
C. Archibald, J. G. Schmidt, S. Cooper, N. O.
Dilley, G. Thompson, L. Fox, and Messrs.
Dewart and Phillips, of Northfield ; Dr. F. A.
Huxmann, Captain D. C. Rogers, George Burt
Spencer and F. N. Stacy, of Minneapolis ; Dr.
A. T. Bigelow and W. O. Hillman, of St. Paul;
Rev. S. B. Wilson, ot Faribault, and H. £.
Leach, of Owatonna.
President George Burt Spencer, of the State
Chess Association, called the meeting to order.
The election of officers, which was the first
order of business, resulted as follows : Presi-
dent, Rev. S. B. Wilson, Faribault ; secretary,
H. A. Hagerman, St. Paul ; treasurer, G. O.
Sommers. St Paul ; vice-presidents, F. A.
Hill, St. Paul, and W. H. Lee, Northfield ;
board of directors, F. A. Huxmann, G. B.
Spencer and F. N. Stacy, of Minneapolis, Dr.f
Crittenden, of Northfield, and Dr. Bigelow, o
St. Paul.
The members then entered into a friendly
contest lasting from 11 a. m to 5 p. m. Each
player, with one or two exceptions, played
three games, the pairs being decided by lot.
Games were also played by Messrs. Crittenden,
Phillips, Dewart and Baker, but not the full
series of three. The results were made as fol-
lows : Lynde won from Bigelow, Fox and
Stacy. Rogers won from Schmidt, Wilson and
Lee. Hillman won from Thompson and Hux-
mann, and drew with Thompson. Spencer
won from Leach and Phillips and lost to Fox.
Stacy won from Fox and Crittenden and lost
to Lynde. Lee won from Bigelow and Schmidt
and lost to Rogers. Huxmann won from
Dilley and lost to Lee and drew with Archi-
bald. Dilley won from Leach and lost to
Bigelow. Wilson won from Cooper and lost
to Rogers. Bigelow won from Dilley and lost
to Lee and Lynde. Fox won from Spencer
and lost to Stacy and Lynde. Cooper won
from Dewart and lost to Wilson. The score :
Won. Lost.
Dr. Lynde 3 o
Capt Rogers 3 o
W. O. Hillman 1% %
G. B. Spencer 2 1
F. N.Stacy 2 1
W.H.Lee 2 1
Dr. Huxmann \% \%
C. Archibald i# 1%
S B. Wilson 1% i#
Dr. Bigelow \l£ \%
H. O. Dilley 1 1
L. Fox 1 2
G. Thompson 1 2
H. E. Leach o 2
J.G.Schmidt o 2
Dr. Lynde, of Northfield, held the State
championship for 1896. F. A. Hill, of St. Paul,
who won last winter's champkniship badge,
was not present.
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En Passant*
CHESS CHAT BY
i
EE.
Among the vaudeville performers who
are to edify a more or less bald-headed at-
tendance this season by high kicking and
low dresses there are two sisters, whose
specialty is — chess with living pieces. The
press-agent to whom the public is indebted
for this valuable piece of information has
not stated how they are going to do it.
They have done it and they are ready to
do it again. That's plain and satisfactory,
isn't it? Wait and order your orchestra
seats one week in advance.
Chess with living pieces is becoming a
fad now. Exhibitions in Berlin, Prague,
St. Petersburg, Duluth, Rio de Janeiro,
here, there and everywhere. There was
one in New York City about 17 years ago,
at the armory of the Seventh Regiment.
The play was not well rehearsed, the per-
formers, in making their moves, had to be
escorted by guides dressed as heralds, but
otherwise the spectacle was impressive.
At the club, Professor Knowitall, who is a
walking encyclopaedia, when not attacked
by the gout, said that exhibitions of this
kind are as old as the hills and that the
first one has been given by Don Juan, of
Austria, in 1650. But I could beat that.
*
Once upon a time there lived in China a
gay rich youth. He ran at least three
scores and a half of laundries, and had a
controlling interest in a dozen Fan-Tan
Banks. He was very extravagant, which
made him the acknowledged leader of the
jeunesse dorte in his section of the coun-
try. This man once conceived the idea of
having chess game performed with ani-
mated pieces, and he straightway drew a
check upon the Third Chinese National
Bank, mounted his up-to-date chainless
whjeel, and spurted to the nearest slave-
market, where he purchased 32 beautiful
slant-eyed girls. Women are very smart,
no matter what country they come from,
so it did not take long to drill them, and
soon the first exhibition could be given.
To say it was a hit is too mild an expres-
sion. These games became the talk of the
land. The local newspapers devoted pages
to it, not counting the editorials, and the
Nanking World offered a prize for the best
story, How it feels to go into Queen, while
the Nanking Journal arranged a voting
contest by coupons for the most popular
living chess piece. Thus it was but natural
that the Emperor of China heard of it, and
he was very indignant ostensibly that
human beings be made to do duty of inan-
imate pieces, but, in fact, was mad because
that brilliant idea did not occur to him, and
because our young man was more talked
about than himself Pure envy ! Well, he
decreed that our friend should pay a fine of
five million dollars and go into banishment
to a very desolate place.
The Professor would not have it; he said
Chinamen don't play chess, they play Go,
so we let it go at that.
There are many affinities between chess
and music, and the list of great musicians
who were also proficient in chess is quite
large. Professor Adolph Brodski, the vio-
lin virtuoso, once explained this fact. Ac-
cording to him, playing music is not a
matter of thinking, but of emotion ; so to
occupy his brains the musician plays chess,
and what better could he do? Chess
players reciprocate ; as a rule, they are
very fond of music. Steinitz never enters
upon the solution of a four-mover or any
intricate position without humming the
march from Tannhaeuser. Tarrasch can
listen to the monologues of Wotan (un-
abridged) without falling asleep. On the
other hand there are some musicians not
interested in chess, and Wagner was one
of them. Many years ago when the public
had not yet been converted to believe in
" Weegalavya" and the leit motives \ Wag-
ner was told by a mutual friend that the
celebrated chess player, Steinitz. is one of
his greatest admirers. To which the
Meisier replied : " Very nice of him, but
I'm afraid he knows just as much about
music as I do about chess."
*
She was a sweet little thing of 20, and
he was a big, ugly thing of 50. She just
had watched him give a mate to pa, when
he significantly said: "I wish I could
mate you." To which she smartly re-
torted, " It would only be a stale-mate."
The Devil and the Cross*
By John Goodwin*
IN the deathlike stillness of the night,
with the mild light of a taper throwing
its feint rays dimly around, he sat en-
wrapped in the mysteries of an apparently
unsolvable problem.
He was unmindful of the striking mid-
night hour tolling from a nearby steeple.
Suddenly he became conscious of the
mysterious presence of a stranger, and,
mechanically looking up, there stood be-
fore him, grinning with unrestrained glee,
an apparition which struck a cold chill to
his very bones, rendering him speechless
with amazement and horror. It was Satan
himself !
"Selim Habad," spoke the Devil,
" your prowess as a chess master is known
by all who have had the temerity to bout
with you. I have come to earth not only
to engage with you in a few friendly games
(and you will find me a foe of no mean
order), but to insist upon the following con-
ditions. We will play three games, and if
I prove victorious in each, then shall you
and I travel through the world, and by our
united genius meet and vanquish all the
greatest living players. If, however, I lose
but one game, then will I return whence I
came. How say you, Selim Habad? "
Selim Habad, with the cold sweat of fear
on his brow, made for reply, " How came
you here ? What do you wish ?' '
"Calm yourself, Selim Habad," Satan
rejoined, " I will do you no harm. I will
repeat my proposition."
This he did.
Selim Habad had by this time somewhat
recovered his composure, and, after mak-
ing the sign of the cross, said with a voice
distinctly tremulous :
"No, you heathen, I will not engage
with the Devil in any game. I would
rather— "
"Selim Habad," interrupted the Devil,
with uplifted hand and face glowing with
anger, "you either consent to what I have
said or you must come with me to my
realms below. Which choose you ?"
For a few moments Selim Habad sat
speechless with surprise, and, noticing by
the Devil's resolute demeanor that his threat
would be carried out unless he consented,
said :
" So be it ; I will play three games with
you, but only upon certain conditions."
"What are they?" queried Satan.
" That if I beat you one game, you will
never again darken my life with your pres-
ence, and yotf must likewise make vow
that no matter what intricate positions may
occur during our parties, you will make no
reference, either by word of mouth, sign or
action, to the Cross or the Sign of the
Cross, nor will you desecrate the name ot
the Holy One."
' ' I promise faithfully, ' ' readily replied the
Devil, "and now to our games." In the
awful silence that then ensued, nothing
could be heard but the excited uncertain
breathing of Selim Habad and the occa-
sional calling of "check " as the first game
progressed. At the expiration of about forty
minutes the stillness was broken by the
Devil exclaiming : " Selim Habad, you are
mated in three moves."
This proved to be the case.
"And now for the second game," said
Satan with a sardonic smile.
This also resulted in a defeat for Selim
Habad, who was mortified, after a stubborn
fight of 82 moves and while enwrapped in
the result in a certain line of play which
would ensure him victory, to hear that
sepulchral voice once again exclaim :
"Selim Habad, you either lose your
Queen or are mated in five moves."
With the pangs of defeat gnawing his
very vitals, with the perspiration oozing in
great beads from every pore of his body,
but with the determination of despair fill-
ing his soul, Selim Habad brought to bear
all his mental force on the game which was
to decide his fete.
Step by step, inch by inch, he success-
fully fought every trap laid by his wily
adversary. The game had reached a
point where each had made 56 moves, and
victory seemed to be within Selim Habad1 s
grasp. His whole body was thrilled with
pent-up excitement of the moment. Of a
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sudden that dreaded voice sounded with
awful distinctness in the small hours of the
morning :
"Selim Habad, you are mated in seven
moves and I claim you as mine."
" I see it not ! I see it not ! you mon-
ster," almost screamed Selim Habad, his
voice hoarse and husky. ' ' Play on to the
end — to the end, say I."
11 As you will," grimaced Satan.
This they did, and at the Devil's seventh
move, in which he announced a mate, he
gave a piercing, unearthly yell, disap-
peared as he came, leaving Selim Habad
in a swoon on the floor.
The following diagram gives the position
after white's fifty-seventh move (being the
point where the Devil had declared a mate
in seven). If played correctly to the end
the position of the men will show why the
Devil vanished.
Black— The Devil.
White — Selim Habad.
Black to play and mate in seven moves.
Chess With Living Pieces.
Last month Duluth enjoyed the novel and
beautiful spectacle of chess played with living
pieces. It was given at the armory under the
auspices of the ladies ot Greysolon du Luht
Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution to raise money for the purchase of
the original miniatures of George and Martha
Washington, by Jonathan Trumbull. Foremost
in planning and indefatigable as workers in the
cause were Mrs. Julia M. Barnes, Dr. M. B.
Cullum and Charles Geist and others.
There were two games, and in the first one
Mr. Geist directed the white forces and Dr. Cul-
lum the black forces ; and in the second game,
the directors were unchanged. In the first
fame the white side was represented by Judge
lac Adam as King ; Mrs. Dr. Day, Queen ; Mrs.
Dr. Walker, Castle ; Mrs. McKaye. Castle ; Mr.
Seiwart, Bishop ; Alfred Preston, Bishop ; Cap-
tain Brewer Mattocks, Knight ; Captain Wicks,
Knight ; and the eight Pawns were charmingly
portrayed by Misses Clara Stocker, Elsie Sil-
Derstem, Beatrice Ingalls, Bernice Ingalls, Jen-
nie Ames, Katy Hoopes, Gertrude Hoopes,
and Katy Burns, and the Page was Master
Kreitter. The black array was personated by
F. H. Barnard as King ; Mrs T. W. Hoopes,
Queen ; Mrs. Taggart, Castle ; Mrs. Ward
Ames, Castle ; Edward Field, Bishop ; Harry
B. Earhart, Bishop ; Captain C. C. Tear,
Knight ; James T. Watson, Knight ; and the
eight Pawns were Masters Howard Simons,
Harry McMartin, Lawrence Bowman, Stewart
Draper, Donald Harris, Fred Gallagher, Fred
Bartlett and David Freeman, and the Page was
Master Kreitter.
The contest began when a Page from the
white side advanced and threw down the gage
of battle, and the Page of the black King took
it up and presented it to the Queen of the black
side. The scene shifted with the changing
fortunes of the fight, but the timid Kings re-
mained ever in the background — objects of in-
cessant attack, and around whom the battle
raged the fiercest — surrounded and defended
by their brave and loyal subjects. The Queens
took the field in person, and were the supreme
commanders of the two contending hosts.
They led the armies of their respective realms
in daring assault or desperate resistance, di-
recting charge and countercharge and dazzling
evolution, covering the retreat ot a broken
wing, outnumbered by the enemy, or aiding
another one being borne down by the resisdess
tide of battle. The black was mingled with the
white, Queen matched ag^ainstQueen, Castle
opposedto Castle, the militant Bishop crossing
swords with the chivalrous Knight, while the
faithful Pawns, at once foot soldiers of the
kingdom and the fight, valiantly struggled to
sustain their leaders on the checkered field, and
achieve promotion and distinction. The whites
won the first game and the blacks the second.
The sight was a most imposing and beautiful
one.
West Superior is to enjoy a similar perform-
ance at an early day.
Gallery of Noted Americans Who Play Chess.
IV.
Wm. Seward Webb,
Railroad President, President of an electrical and other companies, is one of Caissa's
recent devotees. He is a member of the Manhattan Chess Club.
History and Literature of Chess. By
T. von der Lasa.
Herr von der Lasa's name is familiar to chess
players all the world over ; they honor in him
the Nestor among the grand masters of the
game, the author of the Handbuch, the emi-
nent savant and connoisseur, and last not least,
the possessor of the richest and rarest collec-
tion of chess literature. In the above work
Herr von der Lasa has embodied the treasures
of his collections, together with the results of
his researches and observations extending over
a period of 50 years and more. He has trav-
eled in the lands of ancient and modern civ-
ilization ; documents pertaining to chess not
already in his possession have been inspected
by the author at their very place and either
copied or photographed; books, prints and
manuscripts not known by him have been sub-
mitted to him at his request by other collectors.
The author extends his researches to the
first London tournament, 1851, the beginning of
the modern style of play. The question of
when and where chess had been invented will
hardly ever be settled definitely, the existing
tales being mere myths. There is, however,
a probability for India having first invented a
game which permits of combinations and thus
corresponds with the chess of to-day. The
first chapter gives us a brief history of Oriental
chess, and the ensuing seven divisions treat of
chess as played in the mediaeval ages. Gain-
saying the general assumption that chess has
been brought to Europe ty the Crusaders, he
asserts that the game has already been known
in Spain before the year 1100, and proves his
case by two manuscripts from Catalonia, both
last wills and testaments, the one of the year
903, the other of 1050, and both alluding to
chess. Accordingly the knowledge of the game
was introduced by the Arabs to Spain and dis-
seminated from there Researches about the
nomenclature and movement of the pieces, a
dissertation on germane passages in Neck ham,
Gallensis, A. Hales (Distinctorium), des Ces-
soles, Gesta Romanorum, and first of all an ex-
haustive monography on Codes and Manu-
scripts on problems make up the main part of
these chapters, bringing to light an abundance
of novel and interesting matter. Numerous
elaborate comments enlighten the reader. The
evolution of the actual game as practiced at
different periods is dilated on. His remarks on
the Spanish and Italian classics, Ruy Lopez
Salvio, Carrera, Polerio are original, perhaps
too terse, and it seems as if the author is
prompted by a fear that a more copious treat
ment of this subject on his part would interfere
with the reading of van der Linde's " History
of Chess in the Sixteenth Century," at least, he
more than once refers his readers to that work.
We have tried not to mention van der Linde's
name in the present review, so as to avoid mak-
ing comparisons, but it is impossible to ignore
that scientist in a discourse on the history of
chess. It may be asked is there a need for a
work on the history of chess, after van der Linde's
epochal books, the " GeschichteJ* 1874; the
" Chess of the Sixteenth Century," '74, and the
" Quellen&tudien" 1881. Von der Lasa follows
his. predecessor in the exoteric formation of
facts : he rightly assumes that the results of
van der Linde's researches are unassailable.
But he gives us so much new information that
one must say there is hardly a page in his book
which is not the product of his most profound
researches and his most deliberate conclusions.
Whenever he makes an assertion he furnishes
with it positive unassailable proof. In his
study of the sources, he never leaves historic
ground, and thus assures permanent value to
his work.
The last chapters treat of Philidor, Walker,
Lewis, McDonnell, Labourdonnais, St Amant,
Staunton and Janish. Anderssen's victory in
London, 1851, and a brief review of the impetus
to American chess, due to the immortal Mor-
phy, complete the book, which should be found
in the library of every player who desires to
know the game from its literary side.
Chess Openings. By James Mason. Lon-
don : Horace Cox, 1897.
Within the past years not a few books on
openings have been written in England, but
there is hardly a single one which will prove
satisfactory to the peruser. The announce-
ment of Mr. Mason's work gave rise to expec-
tations, owing to the author's standing as a
player and analyst, but we see him wrestling
with the old and familiar puzzle of how to pour
a quart into a pint measure. To cram all
that's worth knowing about openings into a
hundred pages and a dozen more, is an under-
taking which necessarily must fail.
If tor publisher's reason the book was not to
exceed a certain size, the proper way would
have been to point out the latest innovations
and most recent departures, and to refer the
reader for the remainder to earlier works. Mr.
Mason however, does not pay much heed to
novelties, and the last tournaments might as
well have not been played at all, as far as his
book is concerned.
In the Ruy Lopez Mr. Mason still advocates
the defence 3... P — QR 3, followed eventually by
... P— QKt 4 and P — Q 4. although its weakness
has been pretty thoroughly established in the
match between Tarrasch and Tchigorin, and it
is condemned by Lasker, Pillsbury, Steinitz,
Tarrasch and all the leading masters. In the
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variation 3... Kt — B 3 the continuation 5... Kt—
Q 3 (instead of B— K 2) is dismissed with the re-
mark that it is "fairly good," which is rather
humorous, considering that this is the fashion-
able defence nowadays. As a matter of course
neither L'hermit's attack, 6 PxP, KtxB, 7 P—
QR4j nor Sho waiter's innovation, 6 B — R 4, are
mentioned. The variation 5 R — K sq remains
unnoticed, although the subsequent retreat of
the Bishop to Queen's third (blocking the
Pawn), followed by the Queen's fianchetto, as
played by Steinitz against Zukertort, has been
successfully revived by Tanowski. Of Stein-
itz's defence. 3... P — Q *, ne has only to say that
this move " appears to be a needless anticipa-
tion, depriving black of the option of play-
ing the Pawn two squares at once, a matter of
importance in some cases." From 1888, when
Steinitz first tried it in a game against Golmayo,
at Havana{ until his first match with Lasker,
in 1893, tnis defence was considered efficient
and extensively used, not only by Steinitz, but
by Blackburne and other masters. The two
championship matches between Lasker and
Steinitz have proven conclusively its short-
comings, but the readers would have been
thankful to Mr. Mason for showing them how
to take advantage thereof. The defence 3...
P— KKt 3 was successfully reintroduced at
Hastings by Pillsbury. Mason confines him-
self to saying that it " is open to the objec-
tion that it creates unnecessary Pawn weak-
ness, and at best it gives white too much com-
mand of the board." He might have at least
added that white plays best 4 P — QB 3.
The Giuoco piano occupies no longer the
position it once did. The continuation 4 P — B
3 and 5 P— Q 4 is condemned by all authorities
on account of white's QP being ultimately
isolated. Mason dismisses the ^ame as
"equal." Steinitz's innovation giving up a
piece is not mentioned.
The Evans Gambit is treated more generously
than perhaps any other opening. Lasker's im-
portant innovation 7...R— Kt 3 is said to lead at
least to an even game if white takes the Pawn.
Why the eame should be even, with white's
Pawns badly scattered , is inexplicable. And sup-
pose white does not take the Pawn ? The open-
ing moves of the two games between Tchigorin
and Lasker played at this opening would not
have been out of place.
The Petroff has always been a great favorite
with Mr. Mason, and he commends it as making
" a hard game, in which white, at best, can do
little more than hold his original advantage of
the move." Again, Mr. Mason is not in accord-
ance with the leading authorities. His own
games with Dr. Tarrasch did not result favor-
ably, and he might have shown how and where
his course should have been improved. His
variation I (3 KtxP) is dismissed on the tenth
move with "white has a good position."
Var. II (3 P— Q 4, PxP ; 4 P-K 5. Kt— K 5 ; 5
QxP) closes after 13 moves with "white is to be
preferred." Var. Ill (4 moves, as above, 5 Q —
K 2) results after 18 moves in white having a
couple Pawns for the exchange, but the posi-
tion is not in his favor." Aside of this last
variation, which white does not need to adopt,
his own results do not bear out his opening re-
marks. . We may add in passing that Var. Ill
is the only instance in which he has taken note
of the St. Petersburg tournament.
In the King Bishop's Gambit, Berger's at-
tack, 6 Kt — KB 3, adopted by Charousek with
?'eat success, has now superseded 6 Kt — QB 3.
he defence against it is very difficult and full
of pitfalls. But all Mason has to say is this :
" It is better to reserve the attack on the Queen
by Kt — KB 3. ' ' But even in his variation Mason
does not let white choose his best continuation,
K — Kt sq, which implies a very good point
Formerly the reply was P — Kt 5, given in older
edition of the "Handbuch." This has been
demonstrated since to be inferior ; the Queen
ought to retire at once to Kt 3.
In the Salvio Gambit, the Vienna Defence
(6...Kt— QB 3) is considered so efficient by
Steinitz that he refrains from playing this gam-
bit altogether, although it once was his favorite.
Mason says " it is a very good one. ' ' This move
implies the giving up of a Rook. How is the
student to learn the winning continuation ?
In the French Defence ten moves of Sho-
walter's attack are given with these concluding
remarks: " About even. White may get up
a dangerous attack in course of time, but it will
be dangerous for himself as well as for his ad-
versary, because, if brought to a halt, there
will be counter-attack on the Queen side, where
black is in the ascendant." The Delphic oracle
could not have done any better. This attack
has been thoroughly refuted in the Showalter-
Albin match. Mason also indorses the taking
of the KP by black as "simplifying," uncon-
cerned about the adverse results obtained at
Hastings. In the chapter on the Vienna game
the Hammppe-Allgaier is treated thus : "See
ordinary Allgaier, . . . the difference being that
the gambit is a move later, each party having
played his Queen Knight Black should win "
The difference is that if black pursues the
same defence as in the ordinary Allgaier he
loses the game, as proven by the late T. H. Zu-
kertort. In the Hammppe-Allgaier, black must
play his King to R 2 via Kt 3, but not to Kt 2.
In the Vienna game we notice a rather curious
slip which, however, is found in most books.
2...B — B 4 is censured, white obtaining a good
game by 3 P — KB 4. In the King's gambit
declined, however, the move B — B 4 is ap-
proved of. and white made to continue Kt — KB
3 whereas QKt — B 3 would brinjk about the
favorable position of the Vienna game. The
important variation wherein white gives up the
exchange (Blackburne vs. Anderssen, Vienna,
1873, and Tchigorin vs. Pillsbury, Hastings,
1895) is not given
The close openings form the best part of the
book, and the important lines of play omitted
are but few. In conclusion, the author observes
that the opening has often small part or lot in
the final issue between very skilful players. But
at least just as often an error or a weakness in
the opening cannot be overcome in the course
of the game. A work on modern openings for
the student and for reference is still a desider-
atum. Mr. Mason's book does not serve this
purpose.
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
" Caissana BraziUira," by the noted South
American chess player and composer, Arthur
Napoleon, Rio de Janeiro, will shortly appear.
No 3 of the "Force of Circumstances," by
W. L. B. (Brooklyn P. 0. Box 773), discusses
the question "Until When," and an efficient
remedy is finally suggested. This pamphlet
should be read by every intelligent ejtnen.
The motto of No. 3 of the series is : " Nothing
is advantageous which is not honest," and this
maxim the author wishes to be applied to
politics and economics. W. L. B. does some
excellent reasoning, reminding one of Hegel.
The puzzling figures are still there disseminated
throughout the whole pamphlet
PROF. DR. ANTONIUS VAN DER LINDE.
Prof. Antonius Van der Linde died in a
hospital in Wiesbaden on the lath of
August, this year, after an illness of seven
days' time, of inflammation of the brain
produced by a rupture of a bloodvessel,
as has been shown by a post-mortem ex-
amination. He bad passed some time, of
late, in his birthplace in Haarlem, in Hol-
land, but, when he began to suffer much
from headache, he asked a German friend
of his, in the first part of August, to accom-
pany him back to Wiesbaden. He was
buried on the 15th instant.
The deceased was born at Haarlem, on
November 14., 1833. He prepared him-
self for a ministry at the universities of
Amsterdam and Leiden. Later on, he
studied history and philosophy at Gott-
ingen. From 1859-61 he established him-
self at Amsterdam as a preacher of the re-
formed church, but later on retired into
private life, living first at Nimwegen (till
1867) then at the Haag, until he settled in
Berlin in 1871. He was married twice,
but divorced both times. He had no
children. He was at one time a wealthy
man, but lost his fortune some fifteen years
ago by the bankruptcy of a banker, to
whom he had entrusted it. In 1876, he
was made chief librarian of the Grand
Ducal Library at Wiesbaden, and in 1887
the title professor was bestowed upon him.
Besides numerous monographies of a bibli-
ographical nature (of David Joris, Balth,
Bekker, Spinoza, " The fountain-literature
of Nassau," Wiesb., 1883 and others) he,
jointly with the Russian, M. Obolenski,
wrote an authoritative work on the false
Dimitri, which appeared in French (His-
toire de la guerre de Moseovie, 160/-/0, par
Isaac Massa de Haarlem, Bruxelles, 1866,
2 vols.). In 1870, he refuted the claim of
his native city of having invented the art
of printing by The Haarleemscke Coster-
legende which he followed up by " Guten-
berg History and Myth" (Stutg., 1878).
History of tie Invention of the Art 0/
Printing (Berl., 1886, 3 vols.) and Caspar
Hauser, a modern legend (Wiesb., 1887,
2 vols.). Of his chess publications, which
were written partly in German, partly in
Dutch, we mention the following :
An edition of Greco (Nijmegen, 1865) ;
Studied (Utrecht, 1868) ; Bibliographische
Skizze (Haag, 1870) ; Der Roch (Berlin,
1873) ; Noch Einmal der Roch (Berlin,
1873) ; Das Schackspiel des XVI Jahr-
hundert (Berlin, 1874) ; Geschichte und
Literateur des Schachspiels, 2 vols. (Ber-
lin, 1874-5) ; Schach Catalog (Utrecht,
1875) ; Schaakspel in Nederiand (1875) ;
Schaakwerld Wijk b. Duurstede (1875);
Kerkvaders der Schaackspel (Utrecht,
lS75)> a translation of all works on chess
from 1495 to 1795 ; Leerbock (Utrecht,
1876) ; Beginselen (Utrecht, 1877) ; Erstes
Jartausend (Berlin, 1881) ; Quellenstudien
zur Geschichte des Schachspiels (Berlin,
1881).
The history of the game owes more to
Van der Linde than any other person,
except Von der Lasa alone. His history
of the game certainly is a most authori-
tative work upon the subject, and, with
his Schaakwerld and Quellenstudien, first
established the history of chess on a firm
basis. Even those who disagree with some
of his conclusions, must still find in his
work the material for study. While later
investigation may have affected some of his
conclusions in a slight measure, yet for the
most part, his results remain unshaken.
It is much to be regretted that his works
are not accessible to English readers, as
they would correct the many mistakes en-
gendered by Forbes' history, which still
passes current in English and American
books and magazines.
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The Gantlet*
The appropriate name, Gantlet- Problems,
originated with the German author bilber-
schmidt (1845), and it is applied to those con-
ditional problems wherein the mate-giving
Pawn has to pass between two files of hostile
pieces facing one another. This happy term
was adopted by subsequent writers and is now
current in Germany, while neither the French
nor the English-speaking problematists have a
distinctive and similarly characteristic name for
kindred compositions, notwithstanding the fact
that for a time being these puzzles were very
?)pular, especially with British composers,
he Reverend Bolton, one of England's lead-
ing problematists in the '40' s, has constructed
a large number of these positions and in some
instances intensified the difficulty of solution
by imposing an additional condition that the
black Pawns forming the two files must not be
given a move. These problems are now al-
most forgotten, but they have the same reason
for existence as modern lengthy sui-mates.
The oldest problem of this kind is probably
the one given below, which is ascribed both to
Polerio and to Petronio, and estimated to have
been composed within the last years of the six-
teenth century :
By G. C. Polerio or Pietro Petronio.
The Italian manuscript contains the re-
mark "H pezzi bianchi son fi datij* (the
white pieces must not be captured) obviously
a slip of the pen as shown by the solution 1 R
-K 4, PxR ; 2 B— Kt 2, P--K 6 ; 3 B— K 6, Px
B;4K-B7, P-K4;5Q-B5. P-K 5 ; 6 R
-R 3, P-R 5 J 7 P-Kt 4, P-R 4 ; 8 P-Kt 5,
P— R x ; 9 Q— B 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 10 P— Kt 6
mate, tor black has taken two white pieces. At
first it may seem that the immunity refers to
white's KKt P, for otherwise the whole solution
might be defeated by black's taking the KtP in
passing on the seventh move. However, one
should bear in mind that the problem comes
from Italy, and that according to Italian rules
(which have been repealed only recently) the
Pawn in moving two squares can pass an ad-
verse Pawn without danger. It is therefore
neither intended jior necessary that white
should enjoy immunity, and beyond question
the author meant to exempt the black men
from capture ; for otherwise the Pawn could
mate in 5 moves by 1 K — K 7 dis ch, \H — Kt 2 ;
2RxP, K— Ktv, 3R- Kt8ch, KxR ; 4 QxP
ch, K — R 5 ; 5 P— Kt 3 mate. The author cer-
tainly must have seen this or some other
shorter solution and for this reason has granted
immunity to the black Pawns. He also never
has given thought to a solution by a different
process, viz : driving the black King toward the
mating Pawn, nor did the old solvers concern
themselves about such an eventuality, else they
would have found a mate in 8 moves by 1 R —
R 3, P— R 5 ; 2 K— K 2 ch, K— Kt 2 ; 3 R— Kt
8 ch, KxR ; 4 Q— Kt 8 ch, K— Kt 2 ; 5 Q— B 8
ch, K— Kt 3 ; 6 Q— Kt 8 ch, K— R 4 ; 7 P— Kt
3, P— B 5 : 8 P— Kt 4 mate.
The author's plan, evidently, was to have the
Pawn run the gantlet, as in his solution the
mate is given up in the corner. The then novel
idea of a Pawn beating his way through a
phalanx of invulnerable enemies and then de-
ciding the game is attractive enough and suf-
ficiently difficult of execution. All this leads
to the conclusion that the author's proposition
was to administer the mate only after the
Pawn has run the gantlet, but that this con-
dition was omitted or lost through carelessness
on part of the old copiers. Sajvio and Carrera
attribute the problem to Pietro Petronio and
there are good grounds for the theory that Po-
lerio had not been a composer, but only a
compiler of problems, which, however, is gain-
sayed by Van der Linde.
Curiously enough, later problems of this de-
scription also lack the provision of running the
gantlet, although their solutions consist in an
execution of this manoeuvre. The famous
position by Maurice, of Saxony, as originally
published in the Stratagtmes, has the caption,
" pion coiffe* " (marked: Pawn), and at the bot-
tom " mate in 14 moves." The running of the
gantlet is not demanded, although it is ac-
complished in the solution, nor has the propo-
sition been stated in subsequent reprints, not-
withstanding that its absence renders possible
a solution in 8 moves.
One of the most interesting Gantlet-Prob-
lems is the following, by Duke Ernest the
Second :
Herren J.
whom, in tni
Kohtz and C. Kockelkorn, to
e main, we are indebted for this
lit,
AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
article, state that, after considerable trouble,
they have found out a shorter solution than the
one by the author, in 30, the gain being, how-
ever, small — only one move. By shortening
the run of the Pawns they brought to light ad-
ditional variations. Among whom the mate in
10 moves, by P— OKt 3, bears off the palm.
The mate by P — Kt 5 is accomplished in 19
moves, whether the black King stands at QB 3
or at QR 3 ; the mating process, however, is
wholly different in each case. The following
propositions, formulated by H err en J. Kohtz
and C. Kockelkorn, are well worth studying :
1. Mate by P— Kt 6 in 39 moves.
a. " " P— Kt 5 (black K at QR 3) in 19
3. " " P— Kt5(blackK at QB 3) in 19
New York State Chess Association.
Zeitung" Chess Trophy. (Compare No. 3. p.
150 ) The members present were President
Rogers, Albany ; W. M. de Visser and S, G.
Ruth, Brooklyn ; A B. Hodges. Staten Island ;
Dr. Dahl, Manhattan; Dr. Honneger, Met-
ropolitan ; E. Hoflman, City. The committee
after a long discussion passed the following
resolution :
"Resolved. That the Board of Managers of
the New York State Chess Association decide,
after full discussion, that under the rules of
the association governing the " Staats-Zei tune "
Cup Tournament, and in view of the fact that
the tournament was limited in time to August
2 to August 7, 1897, inclusive, that the com-
mittee controlling said tournament exceeded
the powers conferred by such rules in transfer-
ring the games to decide the tie for the said
cup to another place and at another date from
that prescribed by this Board And that, inas-
much as the tournament was not decided at the
time and place fixed for the same, the tourna-
ment of 1897 be considered a tie, and the cup
to remain in the custody of the association
during the year,"
A resolution was also passed to return to the
Manhattan Chess Club and the Staten Island
Chess Club their protests, with the statement
that under the ruling of the Board they could
not be acted upon.
The Board empowered the president to
appoint a committee of three to revise the
rules of the association with regard to future
cup contests The rules under which the con-
tests have been played were made when the
plan of the tournament was expected to be a
series of team matches, each club to be repre-
sented by a selected team When it was
changed so that single players were sent by
the clubs, the old rules were retained.
It was also decided that in the general tour-
nament played at the midsummer meeting, the
Farnsworth Cup, which is the prize in the first
class, could be retained by any one who won it
three times. President Rogers was the winner
at the last meeting.
The organization of a chess club is under
headway in Seneca Falls, and it is expected
that the membership will number at least 5a
players,
A match for the championship of the District
of Columbia is in progress between Messrs.
Walker and Gwyer. The former has won the
first two games.
Curtis P. Weeks, of Rochester, defeated
Denham Waller, of Seneca Falls, in a set match
by a to o, 1 draw.
Chess in Duluth is in a very flourishing way.
There is an excellent club there, and, in addi-
tion, several chess circles which meet at the
homes of the various members at stated times.
In a short match at the St. Paul Chess and
Whist Club, for the local championship. Dr.
A. T. Bigelow won the championship against
W. O. Htllman, the champion, scoring all the
three games played.
In the chess contest between William J. Fer-
ris, of New Castle, and H. G. Voight, of Phil-
adelphia, the score stands ; Ferris, 1 ; Voight,
The New Orleans Sunday Stales, speaking of
the lack of chess enthusiasm in that city, says
they will try to induce the New Orleans Chess,
Checkers and Whist Club to invite Harry N.
Pillsbury to visit them during the coming
On Sept. 18 Mr. W. Steinitz played 8 games
simultaneously at the Metropolitan Chess Club,
winning 6 and drawing with Dr. Honegger and
W. C. Donohue.
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Robinson Variation of the French Defence*
Contributions to the theory and practice of
the game by American players are no longer
sporadic phenomena ; and especially Philadel-
phia, always a stronghold of chess, has had a
full share in the discovery of new and impor
tant variations, among which we mention the
Two Knights Defence, the Petroff and the
French Defence. In the latter, Mr. A. K. Rob-
inson, one of the strongest players in Philadel-
phia, has contrived a novel line of play for the
second player, which forms a radical departure
from the usual continuation, inasmuch as black
exchanges the Pawns in the centre himself, viz:
iP-K4,P-Kj; 2P-Q4.P-Q4; 3Kt-
QB 3 (or Q2), PxP; 4 KtxP, Kt— KB 3 fol-
lowed by QKt — Q 2. This defence has the
merit of avoiding all complications by P — K 5,
incidental to the usual variations, and of tend-
ing to simplify matters by early exchanges
On the other hand, black's KP remains fixed at
K3 and in consequence his QB is limited in
range. Nevertheless the defence became quite
popular among the Franklin players and made
a favorable impression upon Emanuel Lasker,
who not only successfully adopted it in the
eighth game of his first match with Steinitz,
but moreover strongly recommended it in his
book, Common Sense in Chess. The example
and approval of such an authority naturally
carries weight and the innovation was put to
test in match and tournament games. The re-
sults, however, failed to bear out Lasker1 s
opinion ; at Hastings, out of six games played,
only one was won by black, and a recent at-
tempt by Schiffers to revive the defence in a
modified form proved also unsuccessful. (Com-
pare game 25, No. 2, p. 120.)
After 4 KtxP, Kt— K B 3 white plays best 5
B— Q 3. Blackburne against Burn continued
5 B— KKt 5, B— K 2 ; 6 KtxKt ch, BxKt, etc ,
which, however, is deemed inferior to 5 B— Q 3.
Tinsley against Blackburne played 5... QKt — B *
and in two other games against Lasker and
Teichmann 5... B— K 2 continued as follows:
6 Kt— KB 3, QKt— Q 2 ; 7 castles, castles ;
Lasker proceeded with 8 P— B 3, Teichmann
with 8 KtxKt ch, white winning in both cases.
5-..QKt— Q 2 ; 6 Kt— KB 3.
Position after white's sixth move Kt — KB 3.
A game between Schiffers and Blackburne
ran as follows :
6 KtxKt ch
7 Kt— KB 3
8 Castles
9 Kt— K 5
oPxP
1Q-K2
2 B— KKt 5
3BxB
4 QR-Q sq
5 Kt— B 4
6P— QB3
and white won
6 KtxKt
7B-K2
8 Castles
9 P-QB 4
10 Q— B 2
11 QxP
12 Kt— Q 4
13 KtxB
14 P-KB 3
15 Kt-B 3
16 P— KB 4
by concentrating his forces
against the adverse K 3, which black could not
successfully defend.
6... KtxKt; 7 BxKt, Kt— B 3; 8 B— Kt 5.
Tanowski against .Blackburne played here
d—Q 3. not wishing to remain with Knight
and Bishop against two Bishops. The B, how-
ever, is excellently posted at K 4, attacking
the QKtP and KRP and causes black consider-
able difficulty to extricate his game.
8... B— K 2; 9 BxKt, BxB: 10 Q— Q 3,
menacing the KRP and also the QKtP by 11
BxKtP, BxB ; 12 Q— Kt 5 ch. Upon defending
with 10... Q— Q 2 black will fina himself in a
very unsatisfactory position after 11 Castles Q
R, P— KR 3 or P— KKt 3 ; 12 P— KKt 4 or
P— KR 4. If black plays 10... P— QB 3 the
same line of attack holds good or stronger still,
white can advantageously sacrifice the Bishop
for the three Pawns.
10 ... 10 P — B 3
11 BxRP 11 P— KKt 3
12 BxP 12 PxB
13 QxP ch 13 K— Q 2
14 CastlesQR 14 K— B 2
15 Kt— K 5 15 B— Q 2
If 15... R— KKt sq ; 16 Q— B 7 ch, B— K 2 ;
17 Kt— Kt 6, R— K sq ; 18 P— KR 4, etc.
16 Kt— B 7 16 R— KKt sq
17 Q-K 4 17 Q-K 2
18 Q— B 4 ch 18 P— K 4
19 PxP 19 B— KKt 4
20 KtxB 20 QxKt
aiQxQ
22 P— KKt 3
23 KR— K sq
24RXR
25R-Q4
In this position the three united and passed.
Pawns have been found to be stronger than the
Bishop according to an analysis made by £.
Schiffers.
In the eighth game of his match with Tchi-
gorin (p. 120) Schiffers voluntarily surren-
dered the Pawn, playing 10... P — B 4 without,
however, improving his position. The ex-
change of Pawns on the third move is wrong
on principle As stated elsewhere, the part)'
who in the struggle for development gives up
the centre by exchanging Pawns instead of
defending the points attacked, will always be at
a disadvantage as the opponent gains too much
ground. Only its prejudicial quality does not
become so manifest in most instances as in the
present case.
20
21 kxi
22 RxkP
23 OR— K sq
24KXR
The Berlin International Tournament.
The International Tournament of the German
Chess Association was begun on September 13,
with twenty entries. The delay in making the
arrangements made the invitations to Harry N.
Pillsbury and William Steinitz so late that
neither could arrange his business affairs, and
the United States is without a representative.
Lasker and Tarrasch are also absent, but the
list of entries includes nearly all of the remain-
ing leaders in the chess world.
In the Master's Tournament there are six
prizes — z.ooo. 1.500, 1,000, 600, 400, and 200
marks. Two special prizes are also offered —
100 marks for the best score against the prize
winners, and 300 marks for the winner 01 the
most brilliant game, given by Baron Albert de
Rothschild.
The games are in progress at the rooms of
the Society of Architects, 92 and 93 W. Wilhelm
Strasse Hours of play are from 9 A. M. to 1
P. M., and from 4 P. M. till the games are fin-
ished. Time limit, thirty moves for the first
two hours, and fifteen moves per hour there-
after. The tournament is one round.
The list of entries is as follows :
M. I. Tchigorin, S. Alapin, E Schiffers, St.
Petersburg; Adolph Albin, Carl Schlechter, B.
Englisch, Vienna; C. von Bardeleben, Leipsic;
mann, London ; A. Burn, Liverpool ; R. Cha-
rousek, Budapest ; J. Metger, Kiel ; H. Suech-
ting, Oldenberg ; S. Winawer, Warsaw ; A.
Zinkl, Wien ; M. Janowski, Paris. Herr von
Bardeleben withdrew on the third day, hav-
ing lost i)4 games.
The results by rounds is given below, the first
named players having the move.
First round — Marco beat Cohn, Metger and
Bardeleben drew, Janowski and Englisch drew,
Teichmann lost to Blackburne, Tchigorin and
Schiffers drew, Walbrodt beat Charousek, Burn
and Albin drew, Zinkl lost to Alapin, Caro
and Winawer drew as did Suechting and
Schlechter.
Second round — Zinkl lost to Walbrodt,
Englisch beat Bardeleben. The remaining
games, Caro vs. Tchigorin, Winawer vs. Teich-
mann. Alapin vs. Janowski. Albin vs Metger,
Charousek vs. Marco. Schiffers vs. Schlechter,
Burn vs. Suechting, were drawn
Third round — Blackburn e scored against
Bardeleben by default ; Cohn won from Schif-
fers, Schlechter drew with Charousek, Janowski
won from Winawer. Caro lost to Teichmann,
Zinkl to Tchigorin, Walbrodt beat Burn, Marco
beat Albin. The games, Suechting- Englisch
and Metger Alapin, were drawn.
Fourth round— Alapin lost to Caro, Cha-
rousek to Burn, Schiffers beat Walbrodt, Black,
burne beat Burn, Winawer beat Suechtinr-
Cohn lost to Metger. Schlechter to Marco, Albin
lost to Zinkl, Englisch drew with Teichmann,
Janowski scored against Bardeleben.
Fifth round — Englisch and Schiffers divided
honors, Charousek defeated Bardeleben (re
tired), Cohn defeated Albin, Schlechter and
Alapin drew, Marco beat Winawer, Metger was
beaten by Caro, janowski beat Zinkl, Teich-
mann vanquished Burn, Tchigorin and Wal-
brodt adjourned, and Suechting and Black-
bur ne drew.
Sixth round— Alapin beat Bardeleben (re-
tired), Winawer beat Cohn, Schlechter and
Caro drew, as did Schiffers and Suechting;
Blackburne and Charousek drew, Englisch de-
feated Albin, Marco beat Zinkl, Janowski and
Walbrodt drew, Tchigorin beat Teichmann,
Metger beat Burn.
Seventh round — Schlechter beat Bardeleben
(retired), Marco and Englisch drew, Tchigorin
disposed of Albin, and Suechting defeated
Cohn ; Zinkl and Caro drew.
Eighth round— Englisch beat Winawer, Cohn
and Zinkl divided honors, Schlechter lost to
Burn, Janowski was beaten by Teichmann,
Charousek defeated Suechting, Schiffers beat
Albin, Caro beat Bardeleben (retired), Marco
and Walbrodt drew, Metger beat Tchigorin,
Blackburne and Alapin drew.
Ninth round — Albin scored against Barde-
leben, janowski beat Brim, Zinkl beat Metger,
Alapin beat Cohn. The games, Caro vs.
Marco, Charousek vs. Englisch, Walbrodt vs.
Teichmann, and Tchigorin vs. Suechting, were
The minor tournament, which is played si-
multaneously with the major event, has five
prizes— 400, 350, 120, 60, and 30 marks, with a
special prize of 20 marks for the best score
against the prize winners.
In the tournament of the City of London
Chess Club Mr. Blackburne has completed his
games, winning 5 out of 7. Mr. Evans, a
young and promising player, won n% out of 6
with 1 game to play and an excellent chance of
coming in first. He is almost sure to play on
the cable-team next year.
The Metropolitan Chess Club prepares for an
interesting winter programme, consisting of
lectures and exhibitions of simultaneous and
blindfold play by leading experts.
The League Competition this year promises
to be very keen, as several new dubs are
' join.
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Muller defeated Loman in a match by 4 to o,
1 draw.
The match. Hampshire vs. Wiltshire, played
at Salisbury, resulted in a victory for the first-
named players by 11 to 5.
The Ardwick Chess Club opened the season
on Thursday, September 2, with an address
by the president, Dr. Wahltuch, followed by a
side-match, first and fourth class vs. second
and third class. The club rooms are Oxford
Restaurant, 73 Oxford Street.
The Haslingdon Mechanics Institute Chess
Club decided at their annual meeting to have
a handicap tournament and to arrange matches
during the coming season. The following offi-
cers were elected for the year : President. Mr.
W. Southerst ; vice-president, Mr. W. Goodhall ;
treasurer, Mr. J. A. Kelly ; secretary, Mr. E.
Spencer ; committee, Messrs. F. Birtwistle and
J. Collinge.
D. Janowski gave a simultaneous perform-
ance at Hastings, winning 26, drawing 4 and
losing only 3.
The Lancashire Chess League Association
held its first council meeting on Tuesday, Sep-
tember 7. The All Saints' nave entered a sec-
ond team. The meetings of the council will
be held regularly every first Wednesday in the
month. A meeting of the secretaries of the
league clubs was also held, when the fixtures for
matches for the season were arranged.
The Southern Counties Chess Union Ama-
teur Tournament was opened on Monday, Sep-
tember 6, at Southampton, by Mr. R. Chipper-
field, J. P. It was announced that Sir George
Newnes had agreed to allow the British Chess
Association Challenge Cup to go with the win-
ning of the first section to be held for one year.
The following are the 12 players in Class I :
H. E. Atkins (amateur champion), G. E. H.
Bellingham, Cresswell, F. J. H. Elwell, W. H.
Gunston, F. Hollins, C. T. Lambert, W. C.
Palmer, C. H. Sherrard, A. L. Stevenson, H.
W. Trenchard and W. Ward. In Class II there
are 10 entries, and in Class III, 14. In the
ladies' section there are only four entries, viz.,
Miss Finn, Miss Eyre, Miss Hooke and Mis*
Rooper. The ladies are playing a two-game
tourney.
HOLLAND.
The meeting of the Netherlands Chess Asso-
ciation held at Utrecht resulted as follows : R.
Loman, 5 to 3 : D. Bleijkmans, 4% to 3 )£ ; Dr.
Olland, 4% to $% ; J. W. te Kolste, $% to 4#
and W. B. Meiners, 2# to 5^. Mr. Loman has
won the first prize now six times. His task was
made a little easier on this occasion, through
the absence of Van Lennep and A. E. van
Foreest, two of the strongest of the Dutch
players. An International Chess Congress is
contemplated next year, to be held at The
Hague. Herr van Houten, of Cabinet rank,
has promised influential support.
AUSTRALIA.
In the championship tourney at the Melbourne
Chess Club, Mr. Hodgson met Mr. Esling on
the 19th inst., and Mr. Esling won. The follow-
ing are now the scores of the eight leading
players: Esling, i2>£outofi3; Hodgson, 15^
out of 17 ; Russell, 11 out of 15 ; Loughran, 9#
out of 13 ; Weldon, 7 out of 10 ; Tombleson,
oji out of 14 ; Younkman, y}4 out of 12, and
Edmund, 6 out of 10.
CHESS IN CHINA.
A championship tournament, 7 entries, is in
progress at Singapore. The club also plays a
telegraphic match with Hong Kong.
One Mr. Pollock donated a cup to the Hong
Kong Chess Club. P. C. de Sonza, the most
brilliant of the Hong Kong Portuguese players,
won it, and held it until Pollock won it back
again. Then Pollock donated it anew. The
cup is an open challenge cup, and will become
the property of the player who can hold it against
all comers for a year. Mr. Pollock will probably
try to prevent its early possession by any one.
There is also a handicap in progress with 17
entries.
Arrangements are being made for a chess
game by wire this fall between the University
of California and Harvard. H. W. Lewis,
champion of Harvard during 1894 and 1895,
has been in San Francisco representing Har-
vard in making the arrangements. The match
will probably take place toward Thanksgiving
time, after the regular preliminary tournaments
have taken place and the champions of both
colleges shall have been selected. The game
will be played according to the regular rules,
the moves to be transmitted by wire, and the
usual time being allowed between each move.
Much interest is centered in the match by the
collegians at Berkeley, and it is believed that
they stand a good chance of victory. Berkeley
defeated Stanford last year at the game. The
Blue and Gold players have secured two new
players of prominence in the freshman class.
They are Hopfield and Gordan. Parkhurst
and Epstein of last year's intercollegiate team,
which defeated Stanford, have both defeated
Lewis, the Harvard crack.
*
Thedore de Lagune, U. C, '96, has been
appointed a teacher of Latin, Greek and
English in the San Dieeo High School. Mr. de
Laguna made a record as a student, and was
the organizer of the chess club which defeated
Stanford in the intercollegiate contest.
THE THEORY OF END PLAY.
I.
ROOK AND BISHOP AGAINST ROOK.
{Continued from No. j, p. 169.)
Continuing the analysis, we now shall
endeavor to point out the most important
lines of defence by which a draw can be
secured. White has a choice of three con-
tinuations— A, B and C.
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Position after black's 1
10 K— B 6
10R-
11 B— K6
11R-
12 R— Kt 7 ch
12K-
13 R— Kt 2 (a)
13R-
14 K—Kt 6
14K-
15 B-B 5
15R-
16 R— Kt 5 (d)
16R-
17 K— B 6 ch
17K
18B-Q3
18 R-
19 R— Kt 7 ch
19 K
20 R— Kt 7
20 K
A*A hi* lltVT V«
-R3ch
-R8
-Rsq
-B 8 ch (b)
-Ktsq
-B 5 (c)
-KR5
-R2
-KB 5
-Rsq
-Kt sq.
(a) For R— KKt 7 see C.
(6) K — R 2 may be better yet ; as a rule, the
best defence consists in the Kin? leaving the
corner as soon as the adverse Rook has moved
away.
(c) If 15... R — B 6, then 16 R— Kt 4 arriving
at Position VI.
(d) 16 R — Kt sq is preferable, perhaps.
While no definite result can be obtained
against 20... K — Kt sq a forced win can be
demonstrated against 20... R — B 6 ch ; by
21 K— B 7, K— R 2 ; 22 R— K 7. The
analysis will be given anon below Posi-
tion VI.
B.
There is only one valid defence against
10 K—Kt 6, namely 10... R— QB 7. If
10 .. R — R 3 ch or R — Rsq white wins
by 11 B — B 6 ; if 10... K — B sq then 11
K — B 6 would be decisive. If after 10...
R— QB 7 the attack proceeds with 11 B—
K 4, then 11... R— B 6, and if 12 B— B 5,.
then 12... R— Kt 6 ch ; 13 K— B 6, R— B
6 ch ; 14 K— Q 6, R— KB 6 and black is
safe, while 1 1 B — Kt 3 is met as follows :
10 K—Kt 6
11 E— Kt 3
12 R— Q7
13 R-Q 2
14 R-Q 3
15 K-B 6
16 B-Q 5 (c)
17 K— Q6
18 R— OR 3
19 K— K 6
20 R— R7
10 R— QB 7
11R— B8
12 K— B sq (a)
13 R— QKt 8 (b)
14 R— Kt 7
15 R— Kt8
16 R— B 8 ch
17 R— B 2
18 R— Q 2 ch
19 R— Q sq
20 K—Kt sq
And black again is se-
cure.
(a) If R— B 6 or B sq 13 B— K 6 wins.
(b) If 13.. .K—Kt sq ; 14 B— B 2, etc.
(c) If 16 B— K 6 ch, K—Kt sq ; 17 R-Q 8
ch, K— R 2\ 18 R— 52 7 ch, K—Kt sq and white
cannot continue with 19 B — Q 5 because the
position of white's Rook at Q 7 (instead of
K 7) makes the following draw possible : 19...
R— B 5 ch ; 20 K— Q 6, R— B 2.
C.
10 K— B 6
11 B-K6
12 R— Kt 7 ch
13 R-Kt 7
14 B— B 5
15 B— Kt 6
16 K-Kt 6 (b)
i7B-K4(c)
18 B— B 6 (d)
10 R— R 3 ch
11R-R8
12 K— R sq
13 K—Kt sq (a)
14 R— R 3 ch
15 R— R sq
16 R— Q sq
17 R— Q 3 ch
18 K— B sq
(a) Best. If 13... R— B 8 ch white wins by
14 K— Q 6, followed by B— Q 5.
(6) R— Kt 7 ch comes to naught; 16... K—
R sq ; 17 R— K 7 or Q 7. R— R 3 ; *7 R— K6or
Q 6, K— R 2 or 18 R— KKt 7, K—Kt sq.
(c) The Bishop comes too late.
(d) Or 18 K— B 5, R— KB 3.
The position now to be considered is
won for white. It arises from V if black
selects the inferior defence 20... R — KB 6,
but it also can be brought about if the
numerically weaker party upon starting
the end game had its pieces posted at a
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disadvantage, or if he, in the course of
play, has missed his best course. Sup-
posing white's K to be at QB 6, his R at
KKt 7 and the B at QB 4. Black's K at
QR sq ; R at KR 8. After 1 B— Q 3,
R-K 8 ; 2 B-B 5, R— K 6 ; 3 B— Q 7,
K— Kt sq ; 4 R— Kt 4, R— QKt 6 ; 5 B—
K 6, R— Kt 7 ; 6 B— B 4, R— KR7 ; 7
R—Kt 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 8 R— Kt 7 ch,
K— R sq ; 9 B— Q 3, R— R 3 ch ; 10 K—
B 7, R— KB 6 ; 11 R— KR 7 ; K— R 2 ;
12 R — K 7, the same position is arrived
at as in VI, a similar ending from the
beginning until the forced win of black's
Rook would last about 55 moves.
VI.
Black to play. White wins.
2B-Kt5
3 R— K sq
4B-Q7
5B-K6
6K— B6
7 R— R sq ch
8 R—Kt sq ch
9 R—Kt 7 ch
10 R— K 7
11 Br-Bs
12 R-K 5
13 B— K6
14 R—Kt 5 ch
*5 R— R 5 ch
16 B— Qs
17 R—Kt 5 ch
18 R—Kt 7 ch
19 R— KR 7
20 K— B 7 ch
21 B-B 4 (k)
22 K— B 6 ch
23 R— R 8 ch
24 B-Q 5
25 R— R 7 ch
26 B— K4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
R
R
R
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K
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10 R
11 R
12 R-
13 K
14K-
15K-
16 R-
17 K
18 K
19 R-
20 K
21 R-
22 K
23 K
24 R-
25 K-
-B sq (a)
-KKt sq (b)
Kt 7 ch
Kt3
Kt 7 ch (c)
Kt3(d)
— Kt sq
— R2
— R sq (e)
-Kt7(0
-KB 7 (g)
-B 6 (h)
-Ktsq(i)
-R 2
-Ktsq
-Kt6(j)
-R 2
-Rsq
-Kt 3 ch
-R2
-Kt 5 or 4(1)
moves
-R2
-Kt 8 (m)
-Ktsq
(a) If ...R— R 3, then 2 R— K sq ; if ...R— B 7
or B 5, then 2 K— B 6 ch, K moves ; 3 R— K 8
ch, followed by 4 B— K 4. If I...R— QKt 3 ;
2 K— B 8 ch, K— R 2 ; 3 B— K 4. Finally, if
I...R— B6; 2 B— B4, followed by K— B 6 ch
or R— K 8.
(6) 2...R— KR sq ; 3 K— B 6 ch, K— Kt so, ; 4
K — kt 6 leads to the variation in V after white's
second move (p. 169). If 2 R — B 3, 4, 5, etc.;
3 R— K sq or 2, R— B 2 ch ; 4 B— Q 7, R— B 3 ;
5 B — K 6 compare 5th move above.
(c) If 5...K— R 3 ; 6 R— K 5, R—Kt 2 ch ;
7 B— Q 7, R— KR 2 ; 8 R— KKt 5, R— KB 2,
9 R—Kt 4, etc.
(d) If 6 K— Kt sq, 7 R—Kt sq ch, K— R sq,
or R 2 ; 8 B— Q 5, etc.; or 6 R-Kt 7 ; 7 R— R
sq, K— R sq ; 8 R—Kt sq ch, K— R 2 ; 9 B— B
5, R—Kt 6 (or R—Kt 7 ; 10 K— B 2), 10 R— R
sq ch, K — Kt sq ; 11 B — K 4, etc.
(e) 9 K — R 3 ; 10 R— K 7, R moves ; 11 K —
B 5 or B — Q 5, leading to Philidor's position
(I, P 24).
(/) White threatens K— Kt 6. The only
alternative were 10.. .R—Kt 8. whereupon 11
B— B 5, R—Kt 6 or 7 ; 12 B— K 4, K— Kt sq,
or R— B 6 ch : 13 K-^Q 6, brings about the de-
cisive variation in Philidor's study, Position I.
(?) If 11...R— KR 7 ; 12 B— K 4, R— R 3 ch ;
13 K— B 7 ch ; K— R sci ; 14 R— K 8, compare
Position V, 6th move, D f (p. 170).
(A) If 12...K— R 2 ; 13 K— B 7, R— QR 7 ;
14 R— QB 5, or 12 K— Kt sq ; 13 R—Kt 5 ch,
K— R 2 ; 14 K— B 7 ; or 12...R— B 5 ; 13 R— K
8 ch, K— R 2 ; 14 B— K 4.
(i) Or 13... R— B 8 ; 14 R— R 5 ch, K— Kt sq ;
15 R—Kt 5 ch, K— R 2 (K— R sq ; 16 R—Kt 4);
16 R—Kt 7 ch, K— R sq ; 17 R—Kt 4, compare
note (e). If 13... K— R 2, then 14 R— R 5 ch,
and 15 R — Kt 5 ch as in the text, and if 13...
R— K Kt 6 ; 14 K— B 7, R— B 6 ch ; 15 K— Kt
6.
(/) 16... R— K R 6; 17 K— Kt 6, K— B sq;
18 B— K 6 ch, K— Kt sq ; 19 R— K B 5 wins.
If 16... R— B 3 ch, then 17 K— Q 7, R— Q R 3 ;
18 R — Kt 5 ch as in V, 6 move, D f (p 170).
(k) The position is now more favorable for
white because the Rook must retreat at once,
compare comment after the ninth move in V
(P 170).
(/) If 21. ..R—Kt 6, 7, 8f 22 R— R 6, R—Kt
2 ch ; 23 K — B 8 wins.
(w) 24... R— Q Kt 5 ; 25 R— R sq, compare
V, 6 move, D a (p. 169).
White again has arrived at the winning
position dealt with in V, 6 move, Variation
D. We may add that 26... R— B 8 ch ;
27 K — Q 6, R — B 2 again leads to varia-
tion D a, sixth move of V (p. 169), and
that 26... R — Kt 4 is met by 27 K— Kt 6,
K— B sq ; 28 B— B 6, K— Q sq ; 29 R— Q
7 ch, K— B sq ; 30 R— K 7, R—Kt sq ; 31
R-Q R 7.
(to be continued.)
THE above is a reproduction ol the engrossed score made by Wm. Borsodi's
Bureau of Graphics, the Art Department of the American Chess Magazine,
and will convey a rough idea of the beautifully illuminated and gold-framed
original. The Directors of the Manhattan Gub pronounced the score to be
The Most Artistic and Attractive Thing
of the kind yet gotten up, while the Franklin Chess Club in acknowledging receipt
bestowed the highest praise upon it.
The Continental Tournament*
By V. P. Shipley.
l^f Y introduction to the pleasures of
/ \ chess by correspondence must be
laid at the door of my friend, J. E.
Narraway, of Ottawa, Canada. In the latter
part of the year 1891, it was announced
in various chess columns that "The
Globe Correspondence Tournament No.
2" would shortly be started, to be
conducted by Mr. Narraway. In this
tournament I was duly entered under
the nom de plume of " 6. H. Vaux " and
then for the first time I discovered that
the greatest pleasures of chess were to be
found in the field of correspondence play.
Here a player can test in the most satisfac-
tory manner his pet openings and theories;
he is not bothered by the time limit, by a
bad light or a noisy room ; he does not
have to fall back on his memory for the
opening moves, but can work out at his
leisure with the aid of his library any vari-
ation into which his game drifts. Then
again, the pleasures of correspondence
chess are by no means confined to the
mere analysis of the game ; the side re-
marks of his opponent are often most
entertaining, and give a spice to the
heavier work. As the Globe Tournament
drew to a close I asked Mr. Narraway in
view of the success of his undertaking
whether he could not be persuaded to in-
augurate and conduct Tournament No. 3,
but he replied that he could not do so
then, at the same time suggesting that I
should undertake the work, promising me
every assistance in his power— which
promise, by the way, he has fully carried
out
Therefore, in the latter part of the year
I^93, with the kindly assistance of Arthur
Hale and JohnWelsh Young, " The Conti-
nental Tournament" was duly launched —
the name " Continental," by the way, being
given to the tournament by Dr. Edward
Everett Hale.
Having had by this time some experi-
ence in correspondence play, several
changes, with the approval of the com-
mittee and Mr. Narraway, were made in
the scheme upon which correspondence
tournaments had been heretofore con-
ducted. As these changes have been
found to fully meet the expectations of
the authors, I give them in detail.
III. If over twenty-five players enter they
will be divided by the Referee into sections of
about fifteen players each. The Referee (who
will not participate as a player) will make every
effort to have the strong players evenly divided
among the various sections, so that these sec-
tions will, as nearly as possible, be of equal
strength.
IV. Each player in a section will play one
game with every other player in that section,
drawn games to count one-half to each player.
V. The four players in each section having
the best score will play a final tournament, to
be governed by the same rules as the prelimi-
nary tournament, each player playing one game
with every other player, and the score made by
the players in this tournament — without any
reference to their score in the preliminary tour-
nament— will be the score upon which the prizes
will be distributed.
VI. All games of players withdrawing from
the tournament are to be stricken from the
score of both preliminary and final rounds, and
the entrance fee of such players will not be re-
turned. Provided, however, that when two or
more players have played games with the same
withdrawing player, these games are to betaken
into account, so far as they may affect the rela-
tive standing of such players. But if it should
so happen on account of the state of the score
that the application of this proviso would work
out an absurdity, as by putting A ahead of B,
B ahead of C, and C ahead of A, then and for
such cases only shall this rule read as though
the proviso had not been added
IX. The time limit between receiving a move
and posting a reply shall not exceed seventy-
two hours (Sundays excepted), and in case of a
violation of this rule without reasonable cause
(the Referee to decide what is a reasonable
cause) the player violating the rule shall forfeit
the game. Provided, however, that a player
has in each game he plays seven days of extra
time, which he may avail himself of a day at a
time (a fractional part of a day counting as a
whole day) or two or more days consecutively ;
but in taking advantage of this rule the player
exceeding his time limit must, in sending his
reply to his opponent, upon which reply he has
taken over the seventy-two hours, notify him as
to the exact amount of extra time taken.
XVIII. A player sending a false or illegal
move or a move bearing more than one inter-
pretation shall be at once notified by his oppo-
nent, and such player may then correct the
same, provided he do so within twelve hours
after receiving his opponent's notification. And
for this offence he shall suffer no penalty, except
that two days of his extra time, as provided for
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in Rule IX, if he have that amount left, other-
wise all the spare time that remains shall be
deducted. Provided, however, no player is to
have the advantage of this rule more than once
in any one game.
XIX. If in any game fifty consecutive moves
be made by one player without capturing or
losing a piece or Pawn the game may be de-
clared drawn by either party.
XX. Every player shall be entitled to a vaca-
tion of three weeks in each year, taken con-
secutively, or a week at a time. The player
claiming the vacation must forward his moves
to his opponents, stating the number of weeks
he proposes to avail himself of, and his oppo-
nents shall not be bound to mail replies until
the end of such time.
The other rules were similar to those that
have heretofore governed Correspondence
Tournaments in this country, no player
being required to play more than 4 games
at one time, time limit to be three days, etc.
The prospecius of the Continental Tour-
nament stated that entries must be made
prior to December 1, 1893, and to ^e sur-
prise and delight of the committee 70 entries
were received considerably in advance of
that date. As the scheme of the tourna-
ment would not allow more than that num-
ber to be handled the entries were declared
closed.
The Tournament with 70 entries, includ-
ing many of the best-known players of this
country, was the largest and strongest Cor-
respondence Tournament ever inaugurated
up to that date this side of the water.
The participants were from the following
sections of North America :
Canada contributed 8 players.
New England States contributed. 6 "
New York State " 12 "
Pennsylvania " 18 "
Illinois " 6 "
Ohio " 4 "
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, South
Carolina, Mississippi, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri
contributed a total of 16 "
Total number of players 70
These players were divided by the Ref-
eree into 5 sections of 14 men each, the
well-known strong players being as equally
distributed as possible, the weaker players
in the same way, and those whose strength
was an unknown quantity were distributed
by lot. By this means the five sections
were rendered fairly equal in playing
strength.
By December, 1895, the play in the
preliminary sections was practically com-
pleted. The percentage of wins for the
leading 7 players in each section being as
follows :
Section 1.
J. S. Hale, Canada.. 7 1
J. W. Nicholson, Pa. .66
B. H. Lutton, Pa 64
J. A. Kaiser, Pa 63
G.A.L'hommede,IU.59
W. J. Ferris, Del 59
E. S. Maguire, Pa.... 50
Section 3.
W. P. Shipley, Pa... 80
W. W. Gibson, Kan. 70
C. F. Huch, Pa 70
H. Webster, Mass... 65
L. L. Turney, 111 55
C. W. Macfarlane, Va. 50
G. Tatnall, Del 40
Section 2.
M. Morgan, Pa 88
C. W. Phillips, 111 79
M. D.McGrath,Miss.79
F. Smyth, Pa. 75
W. R. Lowe, Pa 58
W. D. Kennard .Mass. 58
C. Richardson, Pa... 58
Section 4.
A. Hale, Pa 86
J. L. McCutcheon, Pa. 77
W. C. Cochran, O...64
N. A Voss, Kan 64
H. G. Voigt, Pa 54
0. Hesse. Pa 51
1. Ryall, Canada 45
Section 5.
J. W. Young, Pa 75
J. E. Narraway, Canada 71
W. A. Phillips, 0 68
O. Bilgram, Pa 67
S. W. Bampton, Pa 67
J. W. DeArman, Pa 62
J. J. Jellett, Minn 55
A. Rathbone, N. Y 55
Out of the above lists Messrs. Nicholson,
Lutton, Young and W. A. Phillips were
prevented by other engagements from tak-
ing part in the final round, so the players
with the next highest averages in the re-
spective sections filled their places.
In January, 1896, the grand final round
of twenty players, being the four leading
players of each section, was started, and
as these contestants were by this time well
versed in the intricacies of correspondence
play, I doubt if a stronger team of corre-
spondence players ever crossed swords in
a chess arena.
This tournament (upon the scores de-
pending the distribution of the six prizes)
is now drawing to a close, and will likely
be completed during the year 1898. The
present standing of the contestants being
as follows :
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TOURNAMENT.
Standing of Players Sept. 11, 1897.
Per
Position. Won. Lost. Drawn. Ct.
1 C. W. Phillips. Chicago.. 8 1 1 .85
2 M. Morgan, Philada 11 3 3 .74
3 C. F. Huch, " 5 1 5 .68
3 F. Smyth, f< 6 2 3 .68
5 W. P. Shipley, " 3 1 3 .64
6 G. A. L'hommede, Chi-
cago 7 4 1 .63
7 N. A. Voss, Kansas 2 1 2 .60
8 J. E. Narraway, Canada 5 3 4 .58
9 J. W. De Arman, Penna. 4 3 3 .55
9 w. W. Gibson, Kansas.. 4 3 3 .55
11 J. A. Kaiser, Philada 6 5 4 .53
12 W. J. Ferris, Delaware.. 5 5 o .50
13 O. Bilgram, Philada 2 5 3 .35
14 J. L. McCutcheon, Pitts-
burg 3 7 1 .32
15 W. C. Cochran, Cin-
cinnati 165 .29
16 S. W. Bampton, Philada. 2 6 1 .27
17 J. S. Hale, Canada 1 8 2 .18
18 A. Hale, Philada 1 6 o .14
19 H. Webster, Boston 1 7 4Ret'ed
20 M. D. McGrath, Miss Retired
And now with many thanks to the editors
of the various chess columns and periodi-
cals who, by their kindly notes, reports
and criticisms, have greatly assisted the
undertaking, and with cordial greetings to
all the 70 Continental players, and a hope
that all may meet in the near future in ' ' The
Continental Tournament No. 2," the chair-
man of the Tournament Committee con-
cludes this rough sketch of the three and a
half years' work.
Middle Game Study*
The following (a fair sample of a position in
a correspondence game) arose in "The Conti-
nental Tournament," it now being white's turn
to play. The actual result was that white won
a piece within seven moves and black shortly
resigned.
Black — C. W. Macfarlane.
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White to play. Can a forced win be demon-
strated ?
The question is, has white a forced won
game or can black by his best line of play
demonstrate that the win is difficult and per-
haps doubtful. For the best analysis not over
8 moves deep, forwarded to W. P. Shipley, 404
Girard Building, a prize of one of Cathn's best
pocket chess boards will be given, or, at the
option of the winner, he may elect to receive
six of the snap-shot photographs taken by the
donor at the N Y. State Chess Meeting at the
Thousand Isles. If more than one correct
solution is forwarded, the one first received
will be entitled to the prize.
Jottings*
The chess team of the Bridgeport Chess,
Checker and Whist Club will challenge the
Norwalk Chess Club to a match for the
Fairfield County Chess Cup, which was cap-
tured from the home team by the Norwalk
team in the spring. The home team has been
strengthened recently by the arrival of one or
two excellent players. The match will be
played late in September or early in October.
Secretary Stanley H. Chadwick, of the
Brooklyn Chess Club, is contesting two
matches, each 7 games up. Present scores :
Chadwick. 6 ; Otto, 3 ; 2 drawn. Chadwick. 5 ;
G. H. F. Bowman, 5 ; 4 drawn. In the latter
match Mr. Chadwick concedes the odds of
Pawn and move.
A chess club is being organized at Albu-
querque, N. M.
The University of California chess tourna-
ment was be^un on September 13. The entries
are divided into 4 classes. The tournament
committee consists of Parkhurst '97, Epstein 'oo,
and Hohfeld '98.
A chess club has been organized at the
Central Young Men's Christian Association,
Toronto, with the following board of officers :
President, Dr. Thos. H. Stark ; vice-president,
E. Williams ; secretary, W. T. Pock.
The chess club of the Central Y. M. C. A.,
of Philadelphia, would like games with local
amateur clubs. Address the secretary, Fifteenth
and Chestnut Streets.
Albert Lea, Minn , is well represented by her
chess contingent, which includes several bright
players and a number of clever solvers.
Although the match between Brooklyn and
Chicago was started in midsummer, when chess
has a tendency to lag, fair progress has been
made thus far, and all of the 12 games are fully
developed.
Following is a complete table of the openings
adopted :
Brooklyn. Openings. Chicago.
W. E. Napier Ruy Lopez C. W. Phillips.
H. Helms Ray Lopez... 8. P. Johnston.
F. J.Marshall Buy Lopez M. Sonnenschien.
J. C.Talum... English H. F. Lee.
S. G. Ruth- K»s Fianehetto Dr. T. Phillips.
A. E. Swaffleld English _. C. F. Bliss.
W. Frere ....Dutch H T. Pardee.
J. Murphy Buy Lopez M..C. Medinas.
Dr. Broaghton Q. B. P. Opening. ...... F. F. Wilcox.
G. Russell Giuoco Piano Rev. L. Tnrney.
G. W. Jones... .•-_•. Ruy Lopez JS. T. Range.
J. E. Lister —...Q's Gbt. dec. E. J. Napier.
The match between Tacoma and Yakima re-
sulted in a victory for the former club by 2 to o.
A second match of two games by correspond-
ence is now well under way between the Brook-
lyn and Worcester, Mass., Young Men's Chris-
tian Association Chess Clubs.
The scores :
White.
Brooklyn.
iP-Q4
2 B— Kt 4
3P-K3
4 P-QB 4
5 Kt-QB 3
6 P— KR 4
7B-Q3
8P-Q5
9PxP
10 KKt— K 2
11 QxKt
12 Kt— Q 4
13B— B4
14 Castles, QR
i5B-Kt3
16 P— B 3
17 BxKt
18 QR— Kt sq
19 P— K 4
20 QKt— K 2
21 K— Kt sq
22 Kt— QKt 3
23 Kt-Q 2
24 P-QKt 3
Dutch Opening.
Black.
Worcester.
1 P— KB 4
2P-Q3
3Q-Q2
4P-K3
5 B— K 2
6 Kt— KB 3
7Kt-B3
8 Kt— K 4
9QxP
10 KtxB ch
11 P— KR3
12 Q-Q 2
13 Castles
14 Kt— Kt 5
15 B— B 3
16 Kt— K 4
17 BxB
18 P— B 5
19 Q— B 2
20 P— QR 3
21 P— QB 4
22 P-QKt 4
23 B-K 3
White.
Worcester.
1 Kt— KB 3
2P-Q4
3B-B4
4P-K3
5 Kt-QB 3
6 Kt--QKt 5
7 KtxKP
8 KtxQBP
9 Kt— B 7 ch
ioKtxR
11 P— KB 3
12 BxP ch
13 B— K 2
14 BxKt ch
15 Castles
16 P— KB 4
17 B— R5
18 P— Kt 3
19 Q— K sq
20 QxKt ch
21 R— B 2
22 KxQ
23 R— B sq
24 Kt— B 7
Zukertort Opening.
Black.
Brooklyn.
1P-Q4
2P- QB4
3 Kt-QB 3
4Q-Kt3
5P-K3
6P-K4
7P-B5
8 PxKt
9K-Q
10 QxKtP
11 P— KKt 4
12 KKt— K 2
13 R— Kt
14 BxB
15 Kt— R 4
16 B— KB 4
17 QxBP
18 P— B 3
19 B— K5
20 P— Kt 3
21 QxR ch
22 PxQ
23 K— Q2
24 KxKt
Black to play in both games.
The Washington Chess Club has won its
match by correspondence with the Northwest
Chess Club, of Philadelphia, having scored
both games of the match. The victors ascribe
this result to the splendid playing of Mr. S. C.
Dunham, now on his way to the Klondike gold
fields. One game was finished some time ago,
Mr. Dunham announcing mate in eleven moves.
The Philadelphians resigned the second game
after forty-nine moves had been made. It was
only a question of time when one of the Pawns
would be queened. The game after the forty-
fourth move was in charge of the secretary of
the Washington Club.
The following are the leading scores in the
tournament of the Pillsbury National Associa-
tion :
Division. Player. Won. Lost.
Central Sec. 3, Dr. Hesse 2
Midland Nelson Hald 2
Midland G. M. Ufford 2
Midland C. O. Larrison. ...2
Northern J. I. Jellett 4
Northern F. A. Hill 5
Northern L. Schull 4
Northern J. Tunstall 2
Western C. F. Pierce 6
Southern L. R. Walden 5
Southern E. Wiggers 3
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ATLANTA CHESS AND CHECKER
CLUB.
The Atlanta Chess and Checker Club
was organized on September i, at a meeting
held at the office of Dr. Maddox, 33^ White-
hall Street, Mr. R. L. D. McAllister presiding.
About twenty players were present. After
some discussion a committee was appointed
to draw up a constitution, and another to select
suitable quarters for the club.
The organizers of the club contemplate the
formation of a crack team of chess players
which will tour the country and meet the clubs
of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other
large cities. There will also be tournaments in
the club in which the members will compete for
prizes.
In addition to the experts the founders of the
club are anxious to include in their ranks young
men who are interested in chess and desire to
learn the game. They hope to create a chess
"revival" of no small proportions.
Among the members are : Messrs. N. R.
Fowler, C. F. Maddox. R. L. D. McAllister,
Walter Ormond, J. W. Hill, H. C. Barre, J. K.
Hunter. C. G. Wilson, A. R. Danforth, J. |ent-
zen. Joseph Wylie, A. M. Haygood, D. P.
Waites, E. T. Booth, D. O. C. Heeryand E. P.
Wood.
Dr. C. F. Maddox was elected president, and
J. K. Hunter secretary and treasurer.
T*HE MACON CHESS CLUB.
I The Macon Chess Club has been reor-
ganized and a one- round tournament
has been begun in the rooms of the Public
Library.
The club is composed of Messrs. Robert
Mumford, T. S. Jones, Luther Williams, R. S.
Saulsbury, M. T. Grace R. W. lemison, I. P.
Roosevelt. Charles Williams and W. M. Gunn.
The following is the score of the tournament :
Won. Lost. Pr. Ct.
L. Williams 4 1 .800
R. Mumford, 13 5 .721
M.T. Grace n# 5% .667
R. Saulsbury 11% 6# .637
J- S. Jones 4# *% .643
R. lemison 5 8 ,46a
C. G. Williams S'A ia# .405
I.Roosevelt _ 6 it .353
w. M. Gunn 4 16 .200
WATERVUET CHESS CLUB.
The first chess tournament ot the sea-
son was begun in the Watervliet Club's
rooms on September 7. The players are E. F.
Roy, Dr.John Hurdis, Dr. George S. Has well,
Dr. F. S. Cole, A. R. Getman and F. H.
Huntley.
TACOMA CHESS CLUB.
I. C. Webb, who was a charter mem-
ber of the Tacoma Club, always active
in both whist and chess tournaments, left on the
Willamette for the Klondike region last Satur-
C. I. Nellis, another long time member, who
stood at the head ol the B tourney, last year,
has accepted a position in Seattle and left for
that city.
Dr. Chapman, a member of the first chess
club, who has for the past few years been liv-
ing in San Francisco, but is now a resident ot
Tacoma again, played a few games at the rooms
one evening recently.
Tourney schedule to date :
Won.
Creemer.
Webb
Lytle
Bull
Hut
Lost Average.
.848
.769
.706
.619
Hebb 3
Wolbert 1
Robinson 5
Wood 5)4
Heath 5
Pritchard 3
BROOKLYN CHESS CLUB,
The following is the score ir
continuous tournament :
Players. Won. Lc
W. E. Napier 9
F.J. Marshall 9
O. de Szigethy 3
B. C. Selover, Jr 11
LCTstum 5
P. Richardson. _ 9
Harry Zirn 13
W. M. de Visser la
E. S. Gilley 50 3
R. Colwell 45 *
S. H. Chadwick 50 3
H. Stein 10
B. Wicke 16 1
Dr. J. R Taher 170 13!
J. D. Elwell 169 15,
G. W. Jones 42 if
G. Russell 146 14
S. H. Cragg 134 ip
H. Helms 4 <
J. H. F. Kowman 7 '.
C. S. Taber 3 :
J. J. Spowers a
D. G. Wright 3
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AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE.
LOUISVILLE CHESS CLUB.— (Special.)
Louisville, Sept. 4. — The rooms of
the chess club at the Columbia building
were attended all through the week as never
before. Jackson W. Showalter, of George-
town, America's most popular chess hero, the
Bayard of chess, the same upright, genial, noble
player people know and love, came to town
and received a hearty welcome. He first
played some skittles. • -
The best players of the local club were put
up against him, but all of them succumbed. He
played three games with Mr. Frank Roberts,
the strongest player of the club, winning all.
Mr. Conen, another strong player, got one
game out of a number played. The first simul-
taneous took place on August 26th. Several
of the strongest players of the city were pitted
against the champion, but he succeeded in
downing a majority of them.
Prof. Frank Roberts succeeded in wresting a
victory from Showalter, while Mr. A. J. Conen
was not satisfied with one victory, but set up
the men for a second turn, and succeeded again
in vanquishing his doughty opponent. Sho-
walter played rather careless ; he can afford to
lose a game to a weaker man and still be
Showalter. The games which he won, how-
ever, were gems of the purest water. His total
score was 5 to 3. In his second performance
he played the whole club simultaneously, win-
ning all but two games. Showalter is still
anxious for a return match with Pillsbury. This
is what he said on the occasion : "I expect to
begin my match with Pillsbury as soon as he
returns from the Berlin tournament, to be held
next month. It will probably be some time in
November before the match is started. I hope
for better results this time. During the last
match I was somewhat at a disadvantage,
starting in out of condition and being hampered
by a severe cold during the last part of the
match."
JACKSONVILLE. FLA^ CHESS AND
WHIST CLUB.
A chess and whist club has been organ-
ized at Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 20, at
the law office of Maj. Alex. St. Clair- Abrams,
in the Smith building.
It is understood that there are several very
fine chess players in Jacksonville, and with a
little practice it is expected that they will be
able to cope with the best in the State or any
State of that section of the country.
Tl JfELVAUKEE CHESS CLUB.
I VI A chess club was organized at Mil-
waukee, Wis., with the following
officers : President, Emil Triebs ; vice-presi-
dent, E. D. Loomes ; secretary, Albert
Schmidt ; treasurer, Ernst Kuemmel. The
club meets at the South Side Turn Hall, every
Tuesday evening.
BRIDGEPORT CHESS CLUB.
The Bridgeport Chess, Checker and
Whist Club gave a reception at its rooms
in the Barnum-Staples Building on Aug. 27. A
numerous and interested assemblage of chess
amateurs saw Mr. N. Jasnogrodski, of New
York City, encounter 12 opponents in simulta-
neous play. Mr. A. J. Olmstead scored the
only victory for the club. Attorney Edwin F.
Hall drew his game. The remaining players,
Messrs. Bill, Gotthardt, Wilson, Northrop,
Rogers, Cogswell, Louis and Mrs. Bernstein,
lost, which made the single player's score 10
wins, 1 lost, 1 draw.
It looked for a few moments as if Mrs. Sophia
Bernstein would win her game, a French de-
fence. But she lost ground in the end game.
Mrs. Bernstein was also the guest of the club.
She is the wife of Louis Bernstein, of Newark,
N. J., and one of the finest of the few women
chess players in the country. She enjoys the
distinction of being the only woman in the
world who has succeeded in drawing a game of
chess with the veteran Steinitz for an off event.
At its next regular meeting Mrs. Bernstein will
be made an honorary member of the chess
club.
The exhibition of blindfold playing brought
fewer laurels to Mr. Jasnogrodski. He at-
tempted four boards with Wilson, Challenger,
Rogers and Beach for opponents. Mr. Wilson
won in twelve moves. Jasnogrodski played the
other three games well toward the end game,
when he confused the boards and the contest
was declared off. During the winter the club
intends to hold some more receptions.
PRT VORTH CHESS CLUB.
This young club is in a most flourishing
condition; starting with 8 it has now
30 members on the roll. A very successful
tournament, involving the championship of the
club, has been completed, after several tie
games had been played off.
Messrs. Otto and Wm. Monnig have each lost
only one game during the tourney, and as they
are both players of well-known ability, their game
for the club trophy was watched with great in-
terest by a contingent of the club membership.
The game was won by Mr. Otto Monnig. This
veteran warrior, now past his threescore and
ten, preserves an erect frame and vigorous men-
tality, and although he has long since ceased to
give the game any real study, it makes the
stoutest of the younger hearts quail when his
calm and imperturbable features confront them
across the chess board.
The cup emblematic of the city's champion-
ship is held by Mr. S. M. Furman.
FARGO CHESS CLUB.
Fargo, N. D., is quiet a center of chess
knights, among whom J. Friedlander and
Mr. Smith are the leaders. A northwestern
tournament will possibly be arranged there
this winter.
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MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB.
The twentieth annual tournament for
the championship of the club will be
begun on October 23. A minor tournament
has been arranged for third and fourth classes
which will keep the players busy until the
annual handicap in January.
STEINITZ CHESS CLUB, BROOKLYN.
The Steinitz Chess Club, of Brooklyn,
opened its season on Tuesday, Sept. 13,
at the residence of the King's Bishop, W. H.
Clay, 928 President Street.
Mr. Napier consented to assist in handicap-
ping the members for the general tournament.
To that end he played six members, representing
the various classes, simultaneously ; winning all
the games. Messrs. Helms. Lister and Chad-
wick were among the guests of the club.
The season has opened most auspiciously,
every man being highly enthusiastic.
TILTON CHESS CLUB.
The officers of the Tilton Seminary
Chess and Checker Club have been
elected for the ensuing term as follows : Presi-
dent, H. O. Young ; vice-president, Miss A. M.
Bailey ; secretary, F. A. Barber ; treasurer, C. E.
Davis. Executive Committee: E. G. Royce,
H. F. Davis, Miss A. B. Hardy.
It is expected that a tournament will be
commenced before long. Negotiations have
already been opened concerning matches with
other clubs.
Street-Car Chess.
From the Rochester Post Express.
He got on a Park avenue car the other night
and sat down hastily and rather absently near
the front end. He evidently was not quite sure
he was in the right car, but had boarded it from
habit. It is not necessary to give his name,
although almost every one knows him, for pro-
fessionally he is famous. He looked straight
ahead as the conductor took his five cents. His
mind was far away. The car had turned the
corner of*Elm and Chestnut streets. The man
pulled from his pocket an oblong leather case,
in appearance not unlike a common pocketbook
or card case.
The man opened it slowly. He looked up,
and motioned to attract the conductor's atten-
tion. "Let me off at Avenue B," he said.
Then he turned his eyes toward the leather
case. A voung man sat next to him, and, as
he looked by chance down the aisle of the car,
his eyes were arrested by the peculiar arrange-
ment of a series of black and white button-
like objects which dotted the interior of the
open pocket case, much the same as sample
pins are arranged in a jeweller's box.
The little black and white buttons had medal-
lion representations of Castles, Pawns, Queens,
and Kings. They were chess men and the case
was a pocket chess board.
The man's eyes were riveted on the buttons.
The car stopped at Williams street and a fleshy
old lady walked against the man's knees. " Ex-
cuse me," she said. He never looked up. The
car whirled around the corner of Union street
and everybody bumped about as everybody
does on Park avenue cars. The man with the
chess board was blissfully unconscious. At
Alexander street he started to make a move.
Half way to Meigs street he had fastened his
fingers on a rea Pawn. At Meigs street he
moved the red Pawn. Then he relapsed into
silent, absorbing, concentrated intellectual con-
templation of the rest of the buttons. At Cam-
bridge street he lifted his hand and at Oxford
street he let it fall. The move would not do.
" Avnooay," yelled the conductor. The car
stopped and got under way again with a Park
avenue jerk, which is different from all other
jerks.
"Avnoobee," shouted the conductor, with
an insinuating look toward the man with the
leather case, and a ierk at the bell strap. The
car slowed up and stopped. The man never
looked up. He never moved. His head was
bent over the little leather case.
" Avnoobee-e-e," yelled the conductor. "Av-
noobee. Hey ! mister ! This here is your
street. Avnoo — are you asleep? The car's
waiting."
The man retained his immovable position,
with the miniature chess board in front of him.
Suddenly his arm moved. His hand sought
another red Pawn.
" I beg your pardon." said the young man
sitting near him, "but this is your street, I
think."
The man's hand moved the red Pawn. He
looked up. "Checkmate," he cried. "Eh,
what? Oh, I beg your pardon— so it is. I— er
— yes, yes." And he rushed out.
"Sure, and I think that man was daffy," said
the conductor, as the young man left the car.
'No," said the young man, "he was not
daffy. He was in another part of the country
mentally and should be pardoned for his ab-
sence."
But the conductor shook his head.
A chess game with living pieces was given at
a grand charity festival at the San Pedro
Theatre, Rio de Janeiro, on August 9. It was
the first exhibition of the kind in Rio Janeiro.
All the ladies and gentlemen taking part are of
the first society of Rio The game was con-
ducted by Messrs. Coldos Vianna and Arthur
Napoleon.
GAME DEPARTMENT,
Games from the Inter-State Match*
No. 45. Scotch Gambit. Played in the first round.
White.
W. P. Shipley.
1 P— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3P-Q4
4KtxP
5KtxKt
6 B-Q 3 (a)
7 Q-K 2
8PxP
9B-QKt5ch (b)
10 BxB ch
11 Castles
12 Kt— Q 2
13 Kt-B 3
14 Q-Q 3
i5P-QKt3
16 B— Kt 5
17 KR— K sq
18 P— B 3
19PXP
20 Q— B 2
21 RxR ch
22 R— K sq
23 KtxR
24 B— K3
25 Q-Q 2
26 BxKt
27 Kt— B 3
28 K— B sq
29 Kt— K sq
Black.
H. N. Pillsbury.
iP— K4
2 Kt— QB 3
3PxP
4 Kt-B 3
5 KtPxKt
6P-Q4
7B-K2
8PxP
9 B-Q 2
ioQxB
11 Castles
12 KR— K sq
13 B-Q 3
14 R— QKt sq
15 P-B 4
16 Kt— K 5
17 Q— B 3
18 P— B 5 (c)
19PXP
20 Kt— B 4
21 RxR
22 RxR ch
23 Q-K 5
24 P— KB 4
25 Q-K 3
26 BxB
27 P— KR 3
28 Q-K 5
29 B— K2
30 Q-K 2
3iQxQ
32 Kt— B 2
33 Kt-R x
34 KtxP (d)
35 Kt-K 3
36K-K2
37 K-Q sq
38 K— B 2
39 Kt-Q sq
40 Kt— K 3
41 P-KR 3
42 Kt-Q sq
43PxP
44 P— Kt 3
45 Kt-K 3
46PXB
30B-B3
3iP*Q
32 BxP
33 K— B 2
34K-K3
35 K-Q 3
36 K— B 4
37 K-Kt 5
38 B-Q 5
39 P— Kt 4
40 P— KR 4
41 P— R 4
42 P-Kt 5
43PxP
44P-R5
45 BxKt
Drawn
(a) Kt— B 3 is slightly better.
(6) Leading to an exchange of pieces and
therefore good enough for drawing purposes.
(c) Which does not turn out as well as
expected. While he succeeds in winning the
adverse Q B P his own Pawn falls a prey to the
hostile Knight. 18 P— B 3 followed by Q R— Q
sq was to be considered here.
(d) White has played with great accuracy,
and the charge of the Knight has been especial-
ly well executed. Black's subsequent attempt
at winning a legitimately drawn ending is easily
staved oft
No. 46. King's Bishop Opening. Played in the sixth round.
White.
Black.
Wm. M. De Visser. S. W. Bampton.
iP— K4
2B-B4
3 Kt-K B 3
4P-Q3 N
5 P-B 3 (a)
6 B— K Kt 5
7B-R4
8 Q Kt-Q 2
9 P— K R 3
10 P— K Kt 4
11 B— KKt3
12 B— Kt 3
13PXB
14 Kt— B sq
15 BxK P (c)
16 Kt— Kt 3
i7QxP
18 Kt— B 5
19 KtxP ch
20 Q— B 5 ch
21 P— K R 4, and
1P-K4
2B-B4
3QKt-B3
4 Kt-B 3
5 Castles (b)
6 P— K R 3
7P-Q3
8 Q-K 2
9 Kt-Q sq
10 P-KKt 4
11 B-K 3
12 BxB
13 Kt— K 3
14 P— Q 4
15 PxP
16 PxKt
17 Kt-Q 2 (d)
18 Q— K sq (e)
19 K— R 2
2oKxKt
white mates in three moves.
Position after white's seventeenth move.
Black — S. W. Bampton.
WW/
m*2
[*^*
fit
White— Wm. M. De Visser.
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(a) The game has turned into a tame varia-
tion of the Giuoco piano.
(b) Premature; P — Q 3 should be played.
(c) A rather ingenious combination, which
well merited its success.
{d) We find that black could have extricated
himself by the following line of play : 17... Kt —
Q 5; 18 QxKt (or 18 PxKt, BxP ; 19 QxKt, Qx
B ch ) QxBch ; 19 QxQ, Kt— B 6 ch ; 20 K— B
sq, KtxQ; 21 P-^Q 4, Kt— Q 6 ; 22 PxB, KtxBP;
23 P— Kt 4, Kt— Q 6 ; 24 P— Kt 3, Kt— B 5 with
the better game, as white will find it difficult
to connect his Rooks.
(e) Immediately fatal. 18... KtxB ; 19 KtxQ
ch, BxKt, followed by ...Kt — Kt 3, would have
left him with three minor pieces for the
Queen.
No. 47. Falkbeer Gambit. Played in the third round.
White.
Mr. C. J. Newman.
iP— K4
2 P— KB 4
3 Kt-KB 3 (a)
4KtxP
5P-Q4(c)
6B— B4
7 Castles
8 P-B 3 (e)
9Q-Kt3(f)
10 Kt— R 3
11 Kt— B 2
12 QxKt
13Q-K2
14PXP
15 P-QKt 3
]6Kt— K3
17 B— Kt 2
18 KR— Q sq
19 KtxKt
20 Kt— B 4 (g)
21 P— Kt 3
22 Kt— K 3
23 KtxB
24 R— K sq (h)
25 KR— Q sq
26 QR— B sq
27RXB
28 K— Kt 2
29BxQ
30 QxKtP
31 K-R 3
32 Q^-Kt 7
Black.
Mr. A. B. Hodges.
1P-K4
2P-Q4
3 PxKP (b)
4B-Q3
5 Kt-KB 3 (d)
6 Castles
7 QKt-Q 2
8P— B4
9Q-K2
10 Kt— Kt 3
11 KtxB
12 B— K3
13PXP
14 QR— B sq
15 KR— Q sq
16 B— B2
17 B— Kt 3
18 Kt— Q 4
19 BxKt
20B-B2
21 P— QKt 4
« Q— Q 2
23 QxKt
24 B— R 4
25 B— B 6 (i)
26 BxP ch
27 RxR ch
28QxR
29RXB
30 R— B 7 ch
31 R— B sq
32 R (B sq)— Q sq
Position after black's thirty-eighth move.
Black — Mr. A. B. Hodges.
33QxP
34Q-K7
35 P-QKt 4
36P-Kt5
37 K-Kt 4
38 P— Kt 6 (k)
39 P-QR 4
40 P— R 5
41 K-R 3
42 P— Kt 7
43 P-B 5
44 Q— Q 8 ch
45 P— B 6 ch
46 Q— K 8
47 Q-KKt 8
33 P-K 6
34R-Q6
35 P-KKt 3
36 R (Q sq)-Q 4 (j)
37 R— Q 7
38 P— K 7
39 R-Kt 7
40 P— R 4 ch
41 RxRP
42 R (R 4)— QKt 4
43 RxKt P
44 K-Kt 2
45 K-R 3
46 P— Kt 4 (1)
White — Mr. C. J. Newman.
Resigns
(a) A favorite continuation of Tchigorin. It
has the merit of retaining the attack, while
3 PxQP, P— K 5 leaves the second player in the
aggressive.
(6) PxBP leads to even play. A game be-
tween Blackburne and Albin ran as follows :
3...PxBP ; 4 PxP, QxP ; 5 Kt— B 3, Q-KR 4 ;
££-£ 4' P-KKt 4 ; 7 Q-K 2 ch, K-Qsq;
8 Q— Kt 5, P— KB 3, etc.
(c) Tchigorin against Walbrodt played 5 Kt
— QB 3, Kt-KB 3 ; 6 Q— K 2, Q— K 2 ; 7 Ktx
P, KtxKt ; 8 QxKt, P- KB 3 ; 9 P— Q 4, P— B 3 ;
10 B— B 4, PxKt : 11 BPxP. B— B 2 ; 12 Castles
KR with an excellent attack.
(d) PxP is generally played here.
(e) B — K 3 was superior.
(/) This results in the isolation of his QP.
B — K 3 was still in order.
(g ) QR — B sq was more to the point.
(A) Loss of time, as presently seen.
(i) The beginning of a beautiful combination
which should have led to victory.
(/ ) Intending 37...R— R 4 ch, followed by R
— Q 7 ch or P— B 4 ch accordingly. R— (Q sq)
— Q 3 threatening R— K 3 was more forcible,
however.
(k) It is unintelligible why white does not
seize the opportunity of getting rid of the dan-
gerous KP. 38 QxP, P— R 4 ch ; 39 K— R 3,
RxP ; 40 P— Kt 6. R (Q 4)— Q 7 ; 41 Q— Kt sq
would have afforded him an easier and better
defence than the one actually chosen.
(/) A fatal slip which forfeits a well-deserved
victory. 46... P queens ; 47 QxQ, P— Kt 4, fol-
lowed by doubling Rooks on the seventh rank
would have been a suiting termination. This
was the only defeat sustained by Mr. Hodges
in the match, and but for it he would have won
first prize.
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No. 48. Four Knights Game. Played in the third round. Notes by H. N. Pillsbury.
White. Black.
D. Stuart.
iP— K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 Kt-B 3
4 B-Kt 5
5 Castles
6 P-Q 3
7 PxB
8 B— Kt 5
9BxKt
10 Kt— R 4 (a)
11 B— B4(b)
12 B— Kt 3
Position after black's twelfth move P — KB 4.
Black— Pillsbury.
H. N. Pillsbury.
1 P-K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3 Kt-B 3
4B— Kt5
5 Castles
6BxKt
7 P-Q 3
8 Kt— K 2
9 PxB
10 P— B 3
11 P-Q 4
12 P— KB 4
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14 KtxKt
15 Q-R 5
White— D. Stuart.
i3KtxP
14 BxKt
15 Q-B 3
16 OR— K sq
17 P-B 3
18 K— R sq
19 P-Q 4
20PxP
2iRxQ
22 K— Kt sq
23 K— B 2
24 K-K 3
25 Q-K 5 (d)
26PxR
27 PxR
28 K-Q 4
29 P-QR 4
30 P-R 5
31 K-K 5
32 B-R 4
33 B-Kt 3
34 B— R2
35 PxP
36 B— Kt 3
16 QR— K sq
17 K— R sq
18 R— KKt sq
19 P-K 5
2oBxP
21 BxPch
22 RxR ch
23 R— B 8 ch
24 R— K sq ch
25 RxQ ch
26 RxR
27 B— B 8 (e)
28 P— KR 3
29 K— R 2
3oK-Kt3
3i B— R3
32 B— B5
33 B— Kt 4
34 P-Kt 3
35 PxP
36 B— B 5
37 and wins.
(a) To this point the opening moves are the
same as in a game between Tchigorin and my-
self at St. Petersburg and at Budapesth. Tchi-
gorin continued Q — Q 2, which is better than
the text.
(b) For now he cannot play 11 B — R 4 be-
cause of ...Q — R 4.
(*) If 13 Q— R 5, BPxP ; 14 QxP, Kt— Kt 3 :
15 KtxKt, RPxKt ; 16 PxP, R— K sq, followed
by RxP, with the better game for black.
(d) After 25 K— Q 2, RxR. etc., black has
two Rooks and a Pawn against the Queen, and
white's Bishop is totally out of the game,
(*) Leaving the position a theoretical win for
black.
No. 49. Sicilian Defence. Notes by H. N. Pillsbury.
White.
E. Kemeny.
1P-K4
2 Kt-KB 3
3 P-Q 4
4 P-B 3 (a)
5KPxP
6 PxP
7B-K2
8 Kt— B 3
9 Castles
10 PxB
11 R— Ktsq (c)
12 P— B 4 (d)
13 P-Q 5 (e)
14 PxP
15 QxQ „
16 B— QKt 5
17 B— R3
18 QR— B sq
19 KR— Q sq
20 BxKt ch (h)
21 Kt— K 5
Black.
W. M. De Visser.
1P-QB4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 PxP
4P-Q4(b)
5 QxP
6B— Kt 5
7 P-K 3
8 B— Kt5
9 KBxKt
10 KKt— K 2
11P— QKt 3
12Q-Q2
13 PxP
14 QxP
i5KtxQ
16 B— O2
17 Castles QR (f)
18 K— Kt 2
19 B — K sq
2oBxB
21 B— R 5 (0
Position after black's eighteenth move.
K— Kt2
Black — De Visser.
White — Kemeny.
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22 R-Q 3 ( j)
23 R-K 3
24B-Q6
25 QR-K sq
26 P-Kt 3
27 P— B4
28Kt-Q3
29 Kt— Kt 4
30 R-K 7 ch
31 Kt— R 6
32 Kt— B 7 ch
33 Kt— R 6 ch
22 Kt— B 5
23 QR-K sq (k)
24 R— QB sq
25 B— K sq
26 Kt— K 3
27 P-B 3
28 Kt-Q 5
29 Kt— B 4
30 K-R sq (I)
31 KtxB
31 K— Ktsq (m)
33 Drawn
(a) Speculative but hardly warranted. The
recognized play is KtxP.
(b) There is no objection to PxP, as white
hardly obtains a sufficient attack.
(c) White has the better game, as black did
not take the Pawn on his 4th move.
(d) This and the subsequent sacrifice of the
Pawn is uncalled for. 12 Q — R 4 looks
sounder. Q — B 2 also is good.
(e) Adhering to his plan, which, however,
should have been discarded for sounder de-
veloping measures. 13 B— K 3, and if ...Kt —
B 4, then 14 P — Q 5 was his play.
(/) White doubtless had not taken into con-
sideration that black could safely castle on the
Queen's side.
(g) White could recover his Pawn by 19
BxKt ch, BxB ; 20 RxB, KxR ; 21 Kt— K 5 ch,
K— Kt 2; 22 KtxP, Kt— B6; 23 KtxR ch,
RxKt ; 24 B— Kt 2, KtxP, 25 BxP, which, how-
ever, would leave him in an unfavorable posi-
tion, with three Pawns to one on the King's
side, against two united and passed Pawns on
the Queen's side, at most a draw.
(h) After 20 Kt— Kt 5, Kt— K 4; 21 BxB, KRx
B white cannot proceed with 22 KtxR P on ac-
count of the reply 22... P — B 3 shutting out the
Knight.
(i) His only move.
U ) If R— Q 4, then Kt— B 6.
(k) If 23... KR— K sq white can safely reply
24 KtxP.
(0 Better than 30... KtxR ; 31 RxKt ch, K—
R sq ; 32 Kt — R 6, whereupon black must re-
turn the exchange (as Kt — B 7 ch and Kt — Kt 4
dis ch is threatened), while white's Rook re-
mains on the 7th row.
(m ) He might have made a bid for victory
by 32. ..RxKt ; 33 RxR, K— Kt sq ; 34 QR— K 7
(not RxP on account of 34... Kt — B 4), P — Kt 3.
If 35 RxQRP, then P-R 4 or if 35 RxKRP,
RxR.
No. 50. Center Counter-Gambit. Played in the fourth round.
White.
H. N. Pillsbury.
1P-K4
2 PxP
3 Kt-QB 3
4P-Q4
5B-Q3
6 KKt— K 2
7 Castles
8B— B4
9Q-Q2
10 Kt-Kt 3
11 KR— Ksq
12 R-K 5 (e)
13 KtxB
14 Q— K 2
i$ PxKt
16 Kt— Kt 3
17 R— K sq
18 B-Q 2
19 BxP
»QxQ
21 RxKt
22 B-Q 3
23 R— K sq
24 KKt— K 4
25 KtxB (g)
Black.
S. W. Bampton.
1P-Q4
2QxP
3Q--QR4 %
4 P-QB 3 (a)
5Kt-B3(b)
6B— Kt5
7P-K3
8 QKt— Q 2
9 B— K 2 (c)
10 B— R 4 (d)
11 Castles
12 P— B 4
13 Kt-Kt 5
14 KKtxR
15 P— KKt 3
16 KR— Q sq
i7P-QR3.v
18 P-B 5(f)
19 QxKP
20 KtxQ
21 RxB
22 B— Kt 5
23 R-Q sq
24 BxKt
25 Resigns
rasch, who successfully adopted it against
Schiffers in a tournament game. The plan of
action is to provide a retreat for the Queen at
QB 2 where she is well posted and to defer P —
K 3 until white's KKt had been brought out
and pinned by ...B — Kt 5. The whole scheme,
however, is admirably refuted by Pillsbury.
(a) The above is the invention of Dr. Tar-
(b) It was probably best to discard his origi-
nal plan, playing ...B — B 4* It is worthy of note
that white must obtain control of the important
diagonal KR 2— Kt 8 for if now 5 ...Q — B 2 ; 6
KKt— K 2, B— KKt 5 ; 7 P— B 3 followed by
B— KB 4.
(c) B — KKt 5 was superior.
(d ) He would have saved an important move
by castling at once.
(e) A powerful rejoinder not anticipated by
black.
(/) Quite clever, but being short a piece the
ensuing exchanges are solely in white's favor.
Besides black's Rook gets into trouble.
(&) 2S PXB would have won, too, but the
Rook cannot escape. The termination is quite
artistic.
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Games from the Cup Tournament*
No. 51. Queen's Gambit Declined. Played on August 6.
White.
Steinitz.
1P-Q4
2 P— QB 4
3 Kt-QB 3
4 Kt-B 3
5 QPxP (a)
6 F-QR 3
7 PxP
8P-K3
9 Kt-QKt 5 (b)
10B-K2
«QKt-Q4
12 KtxKt
13 Castles
i4QxB
i5PxQ
16 B— KB 4
17B-Q3
18 KR— K sq
19 P— KB 3
20 K— B 2
21 P-QKt 3
22 P— QR4
23 QR— B sq
24 P— KR 4
25KXR
26 K— Q2
27 R— KR sq
28 P— KR 5
29 B— Kt 3
30 R — K sq
31 K-B 3
32 RxR
33 K-Kt 4
34 B— Kt 8
35 K— B 5
36 P-R 5
37B-Q6(d)
38 B— B 8 (e)
39 B-B 2
40 K-Kt 4
41 K-B 3
42BXP
43 P— B 4
44BXP
45 B-Q 6
46 B-Q sq
47 B-B 7
48 B— Kt 6
49 B— B7
50 P— KKt 4
51 B— B 4
52K-Q3
53K-K3
54 B-Q 6
55 g-| 5
56 B-B 3
57 K-B 4
58 P— Kt 5
59KxP
60 B— K2
Black.
Lipschiitz.
1P-Q4
2P-K3
3 Kt-KB 3
4P-B4
5BxP
6 Castles
7 PxP
8 Kt— B 3
9 Kt-K 5 (c)
10 P-QR 3
11 KtxKt
12 Q-B 3
13 BxKt
14QXQ
15 B-Q 2
16 KR— K sq
17 B-B 3
18 Kt— B 3
19 Kt-Q 2
20 Kt— Kt 3
21 P— KKt 3
22 P— KB 3
23 K— B 2
24 RxR
25 R-QB sq
26 B— Q 2
27 R— B 3
28 P— KKt 4
29 P— R 3
30 R-K 3
31 Kt— B sq
32KXR
33 K-K 2
34 B— K3
35 K-Q 2
36 Kt— K 2
37 Kt-B 3
38 KtxRP
39 K-B 2 (f )
40 Kt— B 3 ch
41 K— Q 2
42 K— K 2
43 PxP
44 K— B2
45 K-Kt 2
46 Kt — Q sq
47 Kt-B 3
48 K-R 3
49 K— Kt 2
50 P— Kt 4
51 P— Kt 5 ch
52 B— B 2
53B-K3
54 B— Kt sq
55 B— R 2
56 B— Kt sq
57 B-K 3
58 PxP ch
59 B— Kt sq
60 Kt— R 4
Position after black's sixtieth move Kt— R 4.
Black — S. Lipschiitz.
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White— W. Steinitz.
61 B— Q sq (g)
62 P— R 6 ch
63 B— Kt 4
64 B-Q 7
65 B— R4
66BxP
67 B— B6
Drawn.
61 Kt— B 3
62 K— R sq
63B-R2
64 Kt— R 4
65 B-B 7
66KtxP
67 K— R 2
{a) Pillsbury against Lasker played 5 B — Kt 5.
The above and the following move is one of Mr.
Steinitz' s many experiments.
(b) To prevent his opponent from exchang-
ing nis isolated Pawn. .
(c) B — Kt 5 was much better.
(d) So far white has conducted the game ad-
mirably, but the present move is ill advised, as
the sequel shows. With 37 P — Kt 5 instead,
followed eventually by B— B 2 and R 4, white
ought to win slowly but surely. If 37... Kt—
B 3 ; 38 B— KKt 3 and if ...P— B 5, then B— R
2, followed by P— KKt 3.
(e) If now P— Kt 5, then KtxKt P or KtxQP.
( f) Menacing mate in two by 39... Kt— B 3
and 40... P — Kt3.
(g) White has played an uphill game, but
for the second time he lets victory slip from his
grasp. 61 BxRP, KtxP ; 62 BxP ought to win,
as black obviously cannot capture the QP with-
out losing the Kt. If 62... K— B 2 ; 63 B— B 5,
KtxB (else the two Bishops render the win
easier yet) ; 64 PxKt, followed by B — Q 3, and
will ultimately queen one Pawn or the other.
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No. 52. Ruy Lopez. Second round.
White.
S. Lipschutz.
1P-K4
2 Kt— K B 3
3B-Kt5
4B— R4
5P-Q4
6 Castles
7P-K5
8 KtxP (a)
9QxKt
10 B— Kt 3
11 R PxKt
12 B— K B 4
!3PxP
14BXB
i5QxQ
16 P— Q B 4
17 Kt-B 3
18 R— R 3
19 Kt-Q 5
20PXP
21 P-Q Kt 4
22 Kt-B 7 (f)
23 Kt-Kt 5
24RXR
25 P-B 3
26 K R-R sq
27 R— R 8
Black.
W. E. Napier.
1P-K4
2 Kt— Q B 3
3 P-Q R 3
4 Kt— B 3
5 PxP
6B— K2
7 Kt-K 5
8 KtxKt (b)
9 Kt— B 4
10 KtxB
11 Castles
» P— Q 3 (c)
13BXP
i4QxB
i5PxQ
16 B-B 4 (d)
17 B— B7
18 P— Q Kt 4
19 PxP (e)
20 K R— Kt sq
21 B-K5
22 R— R 2
23 PxKt
24 PxP
25 B— B 4
26 K— B sq
27 RxR
28 RxR ch
29 K— B 2
30 R— R 7 ch
31 R-B 7
32 P-Kt 5
33 P-Kt 6
28 K— K 2
29 P— B 6
30 K-K 3
31 P-B 7
32 B-Q 6 (g)
Resigns
(a) So far the game ran identical with one at
St. Petersburg between Lasker and Tchigorin.
Lasker continued 8 R — K sq.
(b) Exchanges like the above in this and
similar positions (for instance, on black's third
move, in the Scotch gambit), must be con-
demned, as white obtains too much ground.
Black should have castled here.
(c) Owing to his injudicious eighth move he
must submit to his Q P being isolated, if 12...
P— KB 3 ; 13 Q— B 4 ch.
(d) B — K 3 was superior.
(e) Playing the opponents game 19... B— Q
6, 20 R— B sq, OR — Kt sq would have afforded
him a good fighting chance.
(f) Mr. Lipschutz plays the entire game
with consummate skill.
(g) If 32...P— Q 4 ; white wins by 33 P — Kt
6, K— Q 3 ; 54 K — K 3 stopping the adverse
Pawns with his King.
Games from the Continental Correspondence Tournament*
White.
H. Helms.
1P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3 B-B 4
4P-QKt4
5 P-B 3
6 P-Q 4
7 PxP (b)
8 KtxKt
9P-B4
10 Castles (d)
11 R— K sq
12Q-Q5
13 Kt-Q 2
14 KtxKt
15 QxP ch
16 B— K3
17 QxR ch
18 B— Q 4 ch
19 BxKt P
20 B— Q4
21B— Q3
22 P— Kt 4
n P— B 5
24 K— Kt 2
25PXB
26 RxQ ch
27 P— KR 4
28K-B3
No. 53. Evans Gambit.
Black.
H. N. Stone.
1P-K4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 B-B 4
4 BxKt P
5 B-Q 3 (a)
6 Kt— B 3
7 QKtxP (c)
8 BxKt
9 KtxP
10 B— Q 3
11 P— KB 4
i2Q-B3(e)
13 P-B 3
14 PxKt
15 K-Q sq
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16 K — K sq
i7KxQ
18 Q-K 2
19 B-B 4 ch (g)
20 P— Kt 3 (h)
21 P— KR3
22 P-Q 3
23 B— Q2
24BXB
25 QxR
26 K— B 2
27 P— Kt 4
28 R— K sq (i)
29BXR
30 PxP
3iP-R4(k)
32 P-R 5 t
33 K— Kt 2 ch
34 P— B 4
35 PxP
36 K— B sq
37 B — B 2 (m)
38 BxRP
39 P-B 5
40 K— Kt sq
41 P— B 6
42 B— B 5
43 B— Q 6 ch
44 B— B5
45 P— B 7
46BxP
29 RxR
30 P— Kt 5
31 PxP
32 K— Kt 4
33 K-R 5
34 P-Kt 5
35 PxP (1)
36 K-Kt 5
37 K— R 6
38BxP
39BXP
40 P— Kt 7 ch
41 K— Kt 6 (n)
42B-K8
43 P-B 6
44 K— R6
45 B— Kt 6
46 P— B 7 ch
47 B— R 7 mate.
(a) An obsolete defence by the once famous
Hungarian expert Szen. It is practiced to
some extent in Boston, where it is known as the
Stone- Ware defence. Pillsbury adopted it suc-
cessfully at Hastings.
(b) We do not approve of this exchange which
can only tend to relieve the confined position of
the adversary. Castling, followed by R — K sq,
is the most effective course.
(c) Games by correspondence are essentially
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adopted for experimenting with new moves,
but the above is so venturesome that most
players would hesitate to try it even in a skittle
game. It involves a few traps, but of so
shallow a nature as to preclude success, and as
a result black gets overweighted by the dif-
ficulties which confront him. 7... BxP is the
usual and proper course.
(d) Obviously not 10 PxB because of 10...
Q— R 5 ch ; 1 1 P— Kt3, KtxP and should win. If
1° Q— Q 5» Castles ; 11 QxKt (or QxB, Q— R
5 ch), BxP ch ; 12 KtxB, R— K sq ; 13 QxR ch,
QxQ ch, and although white has R and two
minor pieces for the Queen, his game is far
from being satisfactory, as his forces are not
developed, while he is three Pawns short
(e) If 12... Q— K 2 ; 13 QxP, B— B 4 ch ; 14
K — B sq wins.
(/*) An extraordinary error to make in a cor-
respondence game, leading to the loss of a most
important Pawn. His best course was proba-
bly to play his B— Kt 3 via B 2.
( g ) This does not help him any. 19 BxP,
however, would not be advisable, for after 19...
RxQ ch; 20 KxR; 21 R— KB sq, followed
eventually by R — B 8> black will not be able to
bring his pieces into play. We would suggest
19 ..P— Kt 4. followed by BxP.
(A) 20... BxB ch ; 21 PxB. P— Q 4 ; 22 B-Q
3. P—KR 3 would have afforded him better
chances.
(*') This exchange is only in white's interest
He ought to have made a counter demonstra-
tion on the Q side, for instance, ...P — B 4.
(&) The advance of the BP would have offered
more hope for a draw.
(/) K— Kt 5, followed by P— B 6, would have
won right off.
(m) Desperate, but unavailing. White may
take and win with ease.
(«) At this point Mr. Helms announced mate
in seven moves. His mode of procedure is
artistic, and the finale uncommonly pretty.
No, 54. Evans Gambit Declined.
White.
Mr. F. Smyth.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— KB 3
3B-B4
4 P-QKt 4
5 P-Kt 5 (a)
6 KtxP (b)
7 B— Kt2
8 KtxP
9Q-K2
10 P— KKt 3
Black.
Mr. W. C. Phillips.
1 P-K4
2 Kt-QB 3
3B-B4
4B— Kt 3
5 Kt— R 4
6 Kt— R 3 (c)
7 P-Q 3 ,
8 Q-K 5 (d)
9 B-Kt 5 (e)
ioQ-R4(f)
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Black— Mr. W. C. Phillips.
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11 KtxKt
12 Q— B sq
13 P-Q 4 (g)
14 QxKt
15 Kt-Q 2
16 Q— Kt 4
11 PxKt
12 R— KB sq
13 KtxB
14 Castles
15 P-Q 4 (h)
i6PxP
17 Castles KR
18 P—KR 4 (i)
19 Q- R3
20 KR— QKt sq
21 K— R 2
22 Q-K 3
23 R-KKt sq ( j)
24 QR— K sq
25 R— Kt 2
26 Q-QB 3
27 KtxB
28 K— Kt sq (1)
29KxP
30 QxP ch
3i Q-K 7
32 Resigns.
17 R— B 4
18 RxKtP
19 B— K 7
20 Q— KKt 5
21 R— KB 4
22P-QB4
23 B— B2
24 B— B 6 (k)
25 B— B 5
26 R— KR 4
27 PxKt
28PxR
29 RxRP
30 K— Kt sq
31 R— KKtsq
(a) Inferior to castling. 5 P — QR 4 is also
better.
(b) B— K 2, as played by the late W. H. K.
Pollock, is white's best continuation.
(c) Q— B 3 or Q— Kt 4 is preferable.
(d) 8 ...KtxKt ; 9 BxKt ch, KxB ; 11 Q— B
3 ch, K — Kt sq would leave black with an un-
comfortable game.
(e) Now. however, there is no valid objection
to KtxKt, for after 11 BxKt ch, KxB ; 12 Q— B
3 ch, K— K sq ; 13 BxP, R— KKt sq black is
certain of regaining at least one Pawn, where-
upon he ought to win with a piece ahead.
(/) Black evidently did not take white's
smart rejoinder in account. As in most cases
the simplest course, exchanging Queens, would
be best. There are so many pieces attack as
to render it impossible for white to escape loss.
The following line of play is relatively best for
white: io...BxQ; 11 PxQ, KtxB; 12 BxP, Kx
Kt; 13BXR, B— B6. Or 12 KtxR, KtxB; 13
KxB, Castles.
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(g) P — B 4 were decidedly better.
(k) Black's play throughout the remainder
of the game is of the highest order.
(0 Avoiding a clever trap. 18 KtxP, B — B
6; 19 Kt — Q 2, QxP ch, and mates in two more
moves.
(/) If 23 PxP, RxKt wins.
(k) The tempting QxP ch would have come
to naught : 25 K— Kt 2, B—B 6 ch ; 26 KtxB,
PxKt ch ; 27 QxKt.
(/) Else black mates, beginning with QxRP
ch.
No. 55. Staunton's Opening.
White.
Dr. Ryall.
1P-K4
2 Kt—KB 3
3P-B3
4P-Q4
5P-Q5
6 PxKt
7K-K2
8 PxP
9Q-R4ch
10 QKt— Q 2
11 KtxKt
nKxB
13B-K3
14 P-KKt 3
15 P-QKt 4
16 PxP
17 Q— Kt 3 ch
18 B— Q 2
19 PxP
20 R— QKt sq
21 Q-B 2 (f)
22 R— K sq (g)
23RXR
24 Q-B 5
25Q-B7
26 Q-Kt 3
27 Q-Kt 5
28BxQ
29 R— K sq
30 R— K 8 ch
Black.
H. Helms.
1P-K4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 Kt-B 3 ta)
4 Ktx KP
5 B-B 4 (b)
6 BxP ch
7 P-Q 4 (c)
8 BxP
9P-B3
10 P— KB 4
11 BPxKt
12 Castles
13 PxKt
14 Q-Q 3 (d)
15 P-Q 5
16 PxP
17 K— R sq
18 P— QR 4 (e)
19 R— Kt sq
20 B — R sq
21 QR— K sq
22 P— B 4
23RXR
24 B-K 5
25 Q-QB 3
26B-Q4
27QXQ
28 R— QB sq
29 K— Kt sq
30RXR
31 BxR
32B-Q7
33 P— R 6
34 B—B 8
35 B— K sq
31 P-Kt 3
32 P-R 4
33 P-B 5
34 P— B 6
35 Resigns.
(a) This move, though avoiding the compli-
cations incidental to 3... P — Q 4, only leads to
an even game.
(6) Frazer's continuation, but much too haz-
ardous for a correspondence game. Kt— QKt
sq is the proper move.
(c) Usually the game proceeds : 7... Kt PxP ;
8 Q— R 4. P— KB 4 ; 9 QKt— Q 2, Castles ; 10
KtxKt, PxKt; 11 KxB, PxKt; 12 P— KKt 3,
etc.
(d) Black plans for an advance in the centre
and. as expected, white's reply cuts off the con-
nection between his Queen and Q 5. The whole
scheme, however, is faulty. Q— Q 2 instead
were better.
(*) In order to obtain two united and
passed Pawns. But being a piece to the bad
the sacrifice is doomed to failure.
{/) The plausible 21 B — Kt 4 would be disas-
trous. 21 .. P— B 4 ; 22 BxP, QxB ; 23 QxR,
Q— B 7 ch ; 24 K— Kt sq, P— B 7 ch ; 25 K— Kt
2, P — B 4 ch, etc.
(g) If now B— Kt 4 then again P— B 4, fol-
lowed by 22...R— K 7 ch.
White.
Narraway.
1P-K4
2 Kt—KB 3
3 P-QB 3^
4P-Q4(b)
5P-K5
6 KtxP
I 2~£Kt 5
8 PxP
9 Castles
10 R— K ch
n Q— K2
12 B— R4
13 B-Kt3
14 Kt-Q 5
15 BxKt
i6BxBch
17 B-Kt 5
Games from the Canadian Championship Tournament*
No. 56. Staunton's Opening. Played in the third round.
Black.
Saunders.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 P-KB 4 (a)
4 PxQP (c)
5 PxP(d)
6 P-Q 3
7B-Q2
8 BxP
9 Kt—KB 3
10 B— K 2 (e)
11 P-QR 3
12 P-QKt 4
13 Kt— QR 4
14 KtxKt
15 B-B 3
16 KtxB
17 K— B 2 (f )
18 Q— K 6 ch
19 BxB ch (g)
20 QxKt
21 Kt— K 5
22 Q— B 5 ch
18 K— B sq
19 QxB (hj
20 Q— Q sq
2iQ-pBsq
22 Resigns.
(a) This is the only opening wherein a
counter-gambit can safely be ventured by the
second player.
(d) If 4 PxP then P— Q 3 ; 5 P— KKt 4, P— K
R 4 to black's advantage.
{c) The proper play is 4...P— Q 3, 5 PxKP,
BPxP ; 6 Kt— Kt 5, P— Q 4 or P or KtxP with
an even game 4... PxKP would lose the ex-
change by 5 KtxP, Kt— B 3. 6 B— KKt 5, B— K
2, 7 B— Kt 5 Castles, 8 Q— Kt 3 ch, etc.
(</) Injudicious. P— Q 4 should be played.
(e) If QKt— K 2 then...B— QB 4.
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(/) An error. K — B sq should have been
played. This game, however, was already a
losing one.
(g) Good enough. QxKt, however, were
simpler.
(A) If KtxB, 20 QR— -Q sq, R— Q 7 wins.
No. 57. Scotch Gambit. Played in the fifth round.
White.
Jackson.
1 P-K4
2Kt-KB3
3P-Q4
4KtxP
5B-K3
6 P-QB 3
7 B-QKt 5
8 1 as ties
9 P— KB 4
10 B— R 4
ii K— Rsq
13 BxB ch
14 Kt-QR 3
15 P—K 5
16 P— Kt 3 (d)
Black.
Saunders.
1 P-K4
2 Kt— QB 3
3 PxP
4B-B4
5Q-B3^
6 KKt— K 2
7 P-Q 3 (a)
8B-Q2
9 P-QR 3 (b)
10 B— R 2
11P— KR 4(c)
12 Kt— K 4
13KXB
14 Kt-Kt s
15 Q— R 5
16 5— R 6
Position after white's sixteenth move.
Black —Saunders.
Wh ite— Jackson.
17PXP
i8Kt(R3)— B2
19 Q— Kt 2
2oKxQ
21 P— KR 3
22 KtxKt
23 PxB (f )
24R-B3(g)
17 PxP (e)
18 P-R 5
19 QxQ ch
20 PxP
21 KtxB ch
22 BxKt
23 QR— K sq
24 Kt— B 3
25 R-Q sq
26 Kt— QB 4
27RXR
28 R-Q 3
29 Kt— K 5 ch
30 Kt— B 3
3iKt-Q4ch
32 RxKt
33KxP
34 P-QR 4
35 P-B 5 ch
36 R— KKt 4
37 R-Q 4
38 R-Q 5
39 K— Kt 2
40 RxP ch
41 R-Q 7
25 R-K 5
26 RxQP
27 KtxR
28 Kt— B4
29 K— K 3
30 R— QB sq
31 KtxKt
32 R— B 7 ch
33 RxKtP
34 P— R 4
35 K-K 4
36 K-B 3
37 R-Kt 3
38 R— Kt 6 ch
39 P-QKt 3
40KXP
41 K-Kt 3
And wins.
(a) 7... Castles is preferable.
(6) Intending ... B — R 2. We, however,
would favor castling QR instead.
(c) Play on both sides throughout the game
is marked by an aggressiveness which imparts
an uncommon interest to the same.
(d) This looks compromising, but is really
most superior to 16 B— Kt sq, which would
make possible the following continuation : 16...
BxKt; 17 PxB. Kt— B4; 18 Q— Q 3, Kt— Kt6
ch ; 19 QxKt, QxQ ; 20 PxQP— R 5.
(e) BxKt instead would lead to some inter-
esting play. If 17 BxB, then i7...Kt— B 4 with
an overwhelming attack. White, however,
would play 17 PxKt, and though black could
escape immediate loss by 17... KtxP : 18 QxKt
(not QxB ch because of K — K sq wins) QxQ
ch ; 19 KxQ BxB white's far advanced KP
would prove a thorn in the adversary's flesh ;
20 QR--Q sq ch, K— K sq ; 21 KR— K sq, B—
B 4 ; 22 Kt— B 4, BxP ; 23 R— K 2, R— Q sq ;
24 QR— K sq, R— Q 2 ; 25 Kt— K 5, R moves ;
26 KtxP, etc.
(/) Black emerged from the melie with the
superior position for the ending.
(g) Perhaps not the best continuation. He
has, however, so many weak points to guard
that it is impossible to suggest a course wholly
satisfactory.
Miscellaneous Games*
No. 58. Queen's Gambit.
Played at the rooms of the New Orleans Chess, Checker and Whist Club, August 18, 1897.
White.
Mr L. Labatt.
1 P-Q 4
2 P-QB 4
3 Kt-QB 3 (b)
Black.
Mr. R. Moore, Jr.
1 P-Q 4
2 PxP (a)
3P-K3W
4P-K4
5 Kt-KB 3
6 BxP
7 Castles
8B-K3
4 Kt-QB 3 (d)
5 B-Kt 5
6 KKt— K 2
7 Castles
8 Kt— Kt 3
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9Q-B2
ioKR-Qsq
11P-K5
12B— QBsq
13 Kt-K 4
14 P-QKt 3
15 B— Kt 2
16 K-R sq (g)
17 P-R 4
18R-Q3
19 R— K sq
20 KtxKt
21 P-B 3
22Q-B3U1)
23 P-Q 5
24BXP
25 Kt— Q 6
26PxB
27 B— Ka
28 QxR ch
29BxQ
9 QKt— K 2
10 P— KB 4 (e)
11 P— B 5 (f)
12 Kt— B 4
13 P-B 3
14 B— K 2
i5Kt(Kt3)-R5
16 Q— K sq
17 Q-R 4
18 P— KKt 4
19 Q-Kt 5
20 KtxKt
21 Q-B 4
22 Kt— Kt 3
23 BPxP
24 B-Q 2
25 BxKt
26 R— B 2
27 R-QB sq
28BxQ
Resigns
(a) The Queen's gambit is not often accepted
except by Steinitz, while Dr. Tarrasch followed
his example in a few instances. On principles,
the capture of the Pawn is not to be com-
mended ; in Dr. Tarrasch 's words the centre
should be defended, not evacuated, by ex-
changing Pawns. Yet taking the Pawn is not
absolutely bad, only the gambit Pawn must not
he defended.
(6) KKt — B 3 preventing ...P — K 4 is consid-
ered: best.
(c) Black has a choice of continuations lead-
ing to an even position, namely, ...Kt— -B 3 or
.. . P— QB 4 or . . . P — K 4. The move adopted is
inferior to them all.
(d) Having chosen a close game when he
might have had an open one, black should not
violate one of its fundamental principles, i. e.,
to first advance the Q B P before bringing the
Kt out to QB 3. The text move is the source
of black's Tuture predicaments.
(<?) The game is a good illustration of how
one error is necessarily followed by others.
His Kts are badly posted, his Bishops out of
play, and now he weakens his K P for want of
anything better — all in consequence of his fourth
move.
(/) The counter-attack initiated hereby gives
him at least a reprieve for a number of moves.
Or) To seize the open Kt file with the Rook,
should black exchange Knights.
(A) While parrying the attack white has pre-
pared for a mortal thrust. The ending which
follows hardly requires further comment, for the
arising situations will be easily appreciated.
No. 59. Irregular Opening. First game of the match.
White.
V. Sournin.
1 P— KB 4
2P-K3
3 Kt-KB 3
4 P--QKt 3
5B— Kt2
6B-K2
7 Castles
8P-Q3
9 Kt-K 5
ioQxB
11 Kt— Q 2
12 Q— B 2
13 QKt-B 3
14 Q-Kt 3 (d)
15 Q-R .1(f)
16 P— K Kt 4
17PXB
18 P— Kt 5
19 PxP
20 QR— K sq
21 R— K 4
22 R— R 4
23 B— R3
24 P— Kt 6
25RXP
26 Q— R5
27 K— R sq
28 KtxP
29 R— B3
3oKtxKP
Black.
F. J. Marshall.
i P-Q 4
2 Kt-QB 3 (a)
-" — (bj
3 Kt-KB 3
4 B— KKt 5
5P-K3
6B-Q3
7 P-QR 3 (c)
8Q-K2
9BxB
10 Kt— Q sq
1 1 P— B 4
12 QR— B sq
13 Castles
14 Kt— B 3 (e)
15 P-QKt 4
16 BxKt
17 Kt— Q 2
18 P-Q 5(g)
19 PxP
20 KR— K sq
21 Kt— B sq
22 Kt— Kt 5
23RXP
24 KtxP
25 KR— QB sq
26 R— Kt 7 ch (h)
27R(B)-B7
28 Q— Kt 2
29 R(Kt 7)— B 7
30 R — B 8, mate
Position after black's fourteenth move.
Black— F. J. Marshall.
i ft m 4 fljRjBtJH
a m a 1
(a) We repeat here that in close openings
this move should be reserved until the QBP
White — V. Sournin.
has advanced two steps. The present case is
no exception from the rule. Tchigorin and
Pillsbury played the QKt out, but in a differ-
ent position, white's KB being at Q 3 and open
to exchange by Kt — Kt 5.
(b) We prefer... B — Kt 5 compelling P— Q 4
as P — K 4 is threatened.
(c) Unnecessary ; Kt— K 2 followed by P — B
4 was his play.
(d) So far white has played well, and owing
to black's dilatory tactics has obtained a good
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attacking position, but now he misses his
strongest cont 
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